SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Definition of “Relative”

Section 1.

1

In this Act “relative” in relation to a deceased person includes—

a

any person who immediately before the deceased’s death was the spouse of the deceased;

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any person, not being the spouse of the deceased, who was, immediately before the deceased's death , living with the deceased as husband or wife;

b

any person who was a parent or child of the deceased;

c

any person not falling within paragraph (b) above who was accepted by the deceased as a child of his family;

d

any person who was an ascendant or descendant (other than a parent or child) of the deceased;

e

any person who was, or was the issue of, a brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the deceased; and

f

any person who, having been a spouse of the deceased, had ceased to be so by virtue of a divorce;

but does not include any other person.

2

In deducing any relationship for the purposes of the foregoing paragraph—

a

any relationship by affinity shall be treated as a relationship by consanguinity; any relationship of the half blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood; and the stepchild of any person shall be treated as his child; and

F2b

section 1(1) of the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 shall apply; and any reference (however expressed) in this Act to a relative shall be construed accordingly.