Part 2Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 6Miscellaneous
83Fatal accidents claims
(1)
Amend the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c. 30) as follows.
(2)
“(aa)
the civil partner or former civil partner of the deceased;”.
(3)
In paragraph (b)(iii) of section 1(3), after “wife” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
(4)
“(fa)
any person (not being a child of the deceased) who, in the case of any civil partnership in which the deceased was at any time a civil partner, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that civil partnership;”.
(5)
“(4A)
The reference to the former civil partner of the deceased in subsection (3)(aa) above includes a reference to a person whose civil partnership with the deceased has been annulled as well as a person whose civil partnership with the deceased has been dissolved.”
(6)
In section 1(5)(a), for “by affinity” substitute “
by marriage or civil partnership
”
.
(7)
In section 1A(2) (persons for whose benefit claim for bereavement damages may be made)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), after “wife or husband” insert “
or civil partner
”
, and
(b)
in paragraph (b), after “was never married” insert “
or a civil partner
”
.
(8)
In section 3 (assessment of damages), in subsection (4), after “wife” insert “
or civil partner
”
.