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.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 12(2) of the act repealed 7 enactments, listed in schedule 3 to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal1967 c. 75Matrimonial Homes Act 1967The whole act except section 2(6) so far as it relates to paragraph 4 of the schedule, and except that paragraph.1970 c. 45Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970Section 38.1972 c. 61Land Charges Act 1972In schedule 3, paragraphs 8 to 12.1976 c. 50Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976Sections 3 and 4.1977 c. 42Rent Act 1977In schedule 23, paragraph 40.1980 c. 51Housing Act 1980In schedule 25, paragraph 14.1981 c. 24Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981Sections 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Subsequent developments The whole act was repealed by section 66(3) of, and schedule 10 to, the Family Law Act 1996, which came into force on 1 October 1997.
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