SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general

150Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)

1

In section 23 (exemption for small dwellings), amend subsection (7) as follows.

2

In the definition of “near relative”—

a

after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”, and

b

for “by affinity)” substitute “by marriage or civil partnership)”.

3

For the definition of “partner” substitute—

“partner” means the other member of a couple consisting of—

a

a man and a woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife, or

b

two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners.