I114Interpretation

1

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires––

  • “personal injuries” means––

    1. a

      any disease, and

    2. b

      any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition, and

  • “relative”, in relation to a person who has died, means a person who––

    1. a

      immediately before the death is the deceased's spouse or civil partner or is living with the deceased as if married to, or in civil partnership with, the deceased,

    2. b

      is a parent or child of the deceased, accepted the deceased as a child of the person's family or was accepted by the deceased as a child of the deceased's family,

    3. c

      is the brother or sister of the deceased or was brought up in the same household as the deceased and accepted as a child of the family in which the deceased was a child,

    4. d

      is a grandparent or grandchild of the deceased, accepted the deceased as a grandchild of the person or was accepted by the deceased as a grandchild of the deceased,

    5. e

      is an ascendant or descendant of the deceased (other than a parent or grandparent or a child or grandchild of the deceased),

    6. f

      is an uncle or aunt of the deceased,

    7. g

      is a child or other issue of—

      1. i

        a brother or sister of the deceased, or

      2. ii

        an uncle or aunt of the deceased, or

    8. h

      is a former spouse or civil partner of the deceased having become so by virtue of divorce or (as the case may be) dissolution of the partnership.

2

In deducing a relationship for the purposes of the definition of “relative” in subsection (1)––

a

any relationship––

i

by affinity is to be treated as a relationship by consanguinity,

ii

of the half blood is to be treated as a relationship of the whole blood,

b

a stepchild of a person is to be treated as the person's child.

3

In any enactment passed or made before this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to––

a

solatium in respect of the death of any person (however expressed), or

b

a loss of society award,

is to be construed as a reference to an award under paragraph (b) of section 4(3).