Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981
Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (1981 c. 59)
- Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (1981 c. 59)
- Protection of occupancy rights of one spouse against the other
- 1 Right of spouse without title to occupy matrimonial home.
- 2 Subsidiary and consequential rights.
- 3 Regulation by court of rights of occupancy of matrimonial home.
- 4 Exclusion orders.
- 5 Duration of orders under ss. 3 and 4.
- Occupancy rights in relation to dealings with third parties
- 6 Continued exercise of occupancy rights after dealing.
- 7 Dispensation by court with spouse’s consent to dealing.
- 8 Interests of creditors
- 9 Provisions where both spouses have title.
- Reckoning of non-cohabitation periods in sections 1 and 6
- 9A Effect of court action under section 3, 4 or 5 on reckoning of periods in sections 1 and 6
- Protection of rights of spouse against arrangements intended to defeat them
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- 11 Poinding.
- 12 Adjudication.
- Transfer of tenancy
- 13 Transfer of tenancy.
- Matrimonial interdicts
- 14 Interdict competent where spouses live together.
- 15 Attachment of powers of arrest to matrimonial interdicts.
- 16 Police powers after arrest.
- 17 Procedure after arrest.
- Cohabiting couples
- 18 Occupancy rights of cohabiting couples.
- Domestic interdicts
- 18A Meaning of “domestic interdict”
- 18B Domestic interdicts: further provision
- Miscellaneous and General
- 19 Rights of occupancy in relation to division and sale.
- 20 Spouse’s consent in relation to calling up of standard securities over matrimonial homes.
- 21 Procedural provision
- 22 Interpretation.
- 23 Short title, commencement and extent.
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