Housing (Scotland) Act 1987

(1)A person is a member of another’s family for the purposes of this Act if—

(a)he is the spouse of that person or he and that person live together as husband and wife; or

(b)he is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

(a)a relationship by marriage shall be treated as a relationship by blood;

(b)a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood;

(c)the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child; and

(d)a child shall be treated as such whether or not his parents are married.

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