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2.—(1) In these Regulations, “non-dependant” means any person, except a person to whom paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies, who normally resides with the claimant or with whom the claimant normally resides.
(2) This paragraph applies to—
(a)any member of the claimant’s family;
(b)a child or young person who is living with the claimant but who is not a member of his household by virtue of regulation 78 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household);
(c)a person who lives with the claimant in order to care for him or for the claimant’s partner and who is engaged for that purpose by a charitable or voluntary organisation (other than a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust) which makes a charge to the claimant or the claimant’s partner for the care provided by that person;
(d)the partner of a person to whom sub-paragraph (c) applies.
(3) This paragraph applies to a person, other than a close relative of the claimant or the claimant’s partner—
(a)who is liable to make payments on a commercial basis to the claimant or the claimant’s partner in respect of his occupation of the claimant’s dwelling;
(b)to whom the claimant or the claimant’s partner is liable to make payments on a commercial basis in respect of his occupation of that person’s dwelling;
(c)who is a member of the household of a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), this paragraph applies to—
(a)a person who jointly occupies the claimant’s dwelling and who is either—
(i)a co-owner of that dwelling with the claimant or the claimant’s partner (whether or not there are other co-owners), or
(ii)jointly liable with the claimant or the claimant’s partner to make payments to a landlord in respect of his occupation of that dwelling, or
(b)a partner of a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) applies.
(5) Where a person is a close relative of the claimant or the claimant’s partner, paragraph (4) shall apply to him only if the claimant's, or the claimant’s partner's, co-ownership, or joint liability to make payments to a landlord in respect of his occupation, of the dwelling arose either before 11th April 1988, or, if later, on or before the date upon which the claimant or the claimant’s partner first occupied the dwelling in question.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation a person resides with another only if they share any accommodation except a bathroom, a lavatory or a communal area but not if each person is separately liable to make payments in respect of his occupation of the dwelling to the landlord.
(7) In this regulation “communal area” means any area (other than rooms) of common access (including halls and passageways) and rooms of common use in sheltered accommodation.
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