{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981/section-18B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981/section-18B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/59",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-homes-family-protection-scotland-act-1981",
  "path": "section/18B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18B",
  "heading": "Domestic interdicts: further provision",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies if the defender—\n(a) is entitled to occupy a family home;\n(b) is permitted by a third party to occupy it; or\n(c) has, by virtue of section 18(1), occupancy rights in it.\n(2) Except where subsection (3) applies, the court may not grant a domestic interdict prohibiting the defender from entering or remaining in the family home.\n(3) This subsection applies if—\n(a) the interdict is ancillary to an exclusion order; or\n(b) an order under section 18(1) granting or extending occupancy rights is recalled.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 18A, 18B and preceding cross-heading inserted (4.5.2006) by Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), ss. 31(3), 46(2); S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/59/section/18B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:44.414172+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}