Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

2In this Schedule—

  • " dependent child " means a person who resides in the house occupied by the tenant and whose requirements are provided for, in whole or in part, by the tenant or his spouse and who is either under the age of sixteen or of or over that age but receiving full-time instruction at any university, college or other educational establishment;

  • " full-time instruction at an educational establishment " includes a reference to a person undergoing training for any trade, profession or vocation in such circumstances that he is required to devote the whole of his time to the training for a period of not less than two years ;

  • " married couple " includes a man and a woman who lives with him as his wife, but does not include a man and wife who are living apart, and " wife " and, subject to paragraph 9(2)(j) below, " spouse " shall be construed accordingly;

  • " non-dependant " means, in relation to a tenant, any person who resides in the house occupied by the tenant, other than the tenant himself, except a spouse of the tenant and a dependent child of the tenant or his spouse.