PART III RIGHTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR TENANTS

General

C283C1Members of a person’s family.

1

A person is a member of another’s family for the purposes of this Act 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, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.

2

For the purposes 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

a child shall be treated as such whether or not his parents are married.