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—
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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.