SCHEDULE 3Consequential and related amendments
PART 2Secondary legislation
Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 200364
1
The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003175 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2—
a
in the definition of “civil partnership”, omit “of the same sex”;
b
for the definition of “cohabiting same-sex couple” substitute—
“cohabiting couple” means two people who are not a married couple or in a civil partnership but are living together as if they were married or civil partners;
c
in the definition of “partner”, for “an unmarried couple” to the end substitute “a civil partnership or a cohabiting couple”;
d
omit the definition of “unmarried couple”.
3
In regulation 34—
a
in paragraph (1), for “member of a married couple or an unmarried couple” substitute “person with a partner”;
b
in paragraph (2)—
i
for “wife” substitute “woman”;
ii
after “husband” insert “or male civil partner”.