Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Act 2025
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Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act | ||
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18. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4): | ||
“(4A) Notwithstanding section 9(2)(a), an individual shall be regarded as a relevant owner for the purposes of a notification under subsection (4) if he or she— | ||
(a) is an individual who is— | ||
(i) married to a relevant owner of a relevant dwelling, | ||
(ii) a civil partner of a relevant owner of a relevant dwelling, or | ||
(iii) a cohabitant of a relevant owner of a relevant dwelling, | ||
and | ||
(b) became a joint owner of the relevant dwelling on or after 31 January 2020.”, | ||
(b) by the insertion, in subsection (6), of the following paragraph after paragraph (b): | ||
“(ba) the documents or information which may be considered evidence of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (4A);”, | ||
and | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6): | ||
“(7) In this section— | ||
‘Act of 2010’ means the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 ; | ||
‘civil partner’ shall be construed in accordance with section 3 of the Act of 2010; | ||
‘cohabitant’ shall be construed in accordance with section 172(1) of the Act of 2010.”. |