InterpretationE+W
21. In this Part—
“relative” (“perthynas”) in relation to any person means—
the person's spouse or civil partner;
any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the person or the person's spouse or civil partner;
the spouse or civil partner of any relative referred to in sub-paragraph (b),
and for the purposes of determining any such relationship a person's step-child is to be treated as the person's child, [F1references to a “spouse or civil partner” in relation to any person include a former spouse or civil partner and a person who is living with the person as if they were a married couple or civil partners].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 21 substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 92(1)