Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19 N.I. Family homes and domestic violence: Northern Ireland

Part 2 N.I. Consequential amendments

Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1050 (N.I. 20)) N.I.

25 (1) Amend Article 14 (extended discretion of court in certain proceedings for possession) as follows. N.I.

(2) In paragraph (4A)(b), for “tenant’s spouse or former spouse, having matrimonial home rights” substitute “ tenant’s spouse or former spouse, or civil partner or former civil partner, having home rights ”.

(3) In paragraph (4B)—

(a) after “the spouse or former spouse” insert “ , or the civil partner or former civil partner, ”, and

(b) for “those matrimonial home rights” substitute “ those home rights ”.

(4) In paragraph (4C)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b), for “former spouse of the tenant” substitute “ former spouse or former civil partner of the tenant ”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) after “former spouse,” insert “ former civil partner, ”.

(5) In paragraph (4D), after “former spouse,” insert “ former civil partner, ”.