Matrimonial homes

9Amendment of definition of “matrimonial home”

In section 22 of the 1981 Act (interpretation) (which shall become subsection (1) of that section)—

a

in the definition of “matrimonial home”—

i

after “means” there shall be inserted “subject to subsection (2),”; and

ii

for the words “one spouse for that” there shall be substituted “a person for one”; and

b

at the end there shall be inserted—

2

If—

a

the tenancy of a matrimonial home is transferred from one spouse to the other by agreement or under any enactment; and

b

following the transfer, the spouse to whom the tenancy was transferred occupies the home but the other spouse does not,

the home shall, on such transfer, cease to be a matrimonial home.