Registered Homes Act 1984

19 Meaning of " relative "

(1) In this Part of this Act " relative " means any of the following—

(a) husband or wife ;

(b) son or daughter ;

(c) father or mother ;

(d) brother or sister ;

(e) grandparent or other ascendant;

(f) grandchild or other descendant;

(g) uncle or aunt;

(h) nephew or niece ;

(2) In deducing any relationship for the purposes of subsection (1) above—

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

(b) an illegitimate person shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.

(3) In this section " husband " and " wife " include a person who is living with a person carrying on or intending to carry on a residential care home as that person's husband or wife, as the case may be, and who has been so living for a period of not less than 6 months.

(4) A person, other than a relative, with whom a person carrying on or intending to carry on a residential care home ordinarily resides, and with whom that person has been ordinarily residing for a period of not less than 5 years, shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as if he were a relative.