64.—(1) The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003(1) 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”.
S.I. 2003/492, amended by S.I. 2003/495 and 2005/2919.