SCHEDULE 18 Housing and Tenancies: Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 18 Housing and Tenancies: Northern Ireland

Section 205

Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (SI 1978/1050 (NI 20))

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In Article 14 (extended discretion of court), in paragraph (2), after “spouse†(in both places) insert “or civil partnerâ€.

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(1)     Amend Schedule 1 (statutory tenants by succession) as follows.

(2)     In paragraph 2, after “surviving spouse†insert “, or surviving civil partner,â€.

(3)     . . .

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In Schedule 4 (grounds for possession), in Case 3 in Part 1 (dwelling-house required as residence for landlord or member of his family), in paragraph (d), for “wife or husband†substitute “spouse or civil partnerâ€.

Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (SI 1981/156 (NI 3))

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(1)     Amend Article 2A (meaning of member of a person's family) as follows.

(2)     In paragraph (1)(a)—

(a)     after “spouse†insert “or civil partnerâ€, and

(b)     after “live together as husband and wife†insert “or as if they were civil partnersâ€.

(3)     In paragraph (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage†insert “or civil partnershipâ€.

Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (SI 1983/1118 (NI 15))

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