Matrimonial Homes Act 1983

Matrimonial Homes Act 1983[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the rights of a husband or wife to occupy a dwelling house that has been a matrimonial home.
Citation1983 c. 19
Territorial extent England and Wales[b]
Dates
Royal assent9 May 1983
Commencement9 August 1983[c]
Repealed1 October 1997[d]
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byFamily Law Act 1996
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 (c. 19) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the rights of a husband or wife to occupy a dwelling house that had been a matrimonial home in England and Wales.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 12(2) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in schedule 3 to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1967 c. 75 Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 The whole act except section 2(6) so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of the schedule, and except that paragraph.
1970 c. 45 Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970 Section 38.
1972 c. 61 Land Charges Act 1972 In schedule 3, paragraphs 8 to 12.
1976 c. 50 Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 Sections 3 and 4.
1977 c. 42 Rent Act 1977 In schedule 23, paragraph 40.
1980 c. 51 Housing Act 1980 In schedule 25, paragraph 14.
1981 c. 24 Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 Sections 1 to 3.
In section 4, subsections (2) and (3).
Sections 5 and 6.
Schedules 1 and 2.

Subsequent developments

The whole act was repealed by section 66(3) of, and schedule 10 to, the Family Law Act 1996, which came into force on 1 October 1997.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 13(1).
  2. ↑ Section 13(3).
  3. ↑ Section 13(2).
  4. ↑ The Family Law Act 1996 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1892)

References

  1. ↑ "Mobile Homes Act 1983 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Matrimonial Homes Act 1983", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1983 c. 19
  3. ↑ "Family Law Act 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1996 c. 27
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