C4C5C6PART IV SECURE TENANCIES AND RIGHTS OF SECURE TENANTS
Pt. IV (ss. 79-117) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(c)
Pt. IV (ss. 79-117) extended (1.10.1997) by 1996 c. 27, ss. 53, 63(4), Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 7(3)(6) (with Sch. 9 paras. 8-10); S.I. 1997/1892, art. 3 (subject to transitional provisions in art. 4(b)(c))
Supplementary provisions
113C1C2C3Members of a person’s family.
1
A person is a member of another’s family within the meaning of this Part if—
a
he is the spouse of that person, or he and that person live together as husband and wife, or
b
he is that person’s parent, grandparent, child, grand-child, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
2
For the purpose of subsection (1)(b)—
a
a relationship by marriage shall be treated as a relationship by blood,
b
a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood,
c
the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child, and
d
an illegitimate child shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.
S. 47, 48, 50, 51, Pt. IV(ss. 79–117) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 paras. 22 and 23 as substituted by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 61