The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2005

Regulation 2

5.  In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)(1)—

(a) in the definition of “close relative”, for “or the spouse of any of the preceding persons or, if that person is one of an unmarried couple, the other member of that couple” substitute “or, if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple”;

(b) after the definition of “council tax benefit”, insert the following definition—

““couple” means—

(a)

a man and woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;

(b)

a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife;

(c)

two people of the same sex who are civil partners of each other and are members of the same household;

(d)

two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners.”;

(c) in the definition of “dwelling”, for “qualifying park home” substitute “caravan”;

(d) in the definition of “family”, omit “married or unmarried” in each place in which the words occur, and in paragraph (b) for “them” substitute “the couple”;

(e) omit the definition of “married couple”;

(f) omit the definition of “member of a couple”;

(g) in the definition of “partner”—

(i) before “means” insert “, except in regulation 38(4),”;

(ii) in paragraph (a), omit the words “married or unmarried”; and

(h) omit the definition of “unmarried couple”.

(1)

Paragraph (1) was last amended by S.I. 2003/2504; other relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/530, S.I. 2002/2469, S.I. 2001/739, S.I. 2000/531, S.I. 1999/1523, and S.I. 1998/808.