186 Members of a person’s family.E+W
(1)A person is a member of another’s family within the meaning of this Part if—
(a)he is the spouse [F1or civil partner] of that person, or he and that person live together [F2as if they were a married couple or] [F3civil partners], 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 [F4or civil partnership] 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 as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 186(1)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 27(2)(a); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F2Words in s. 186(1)(a) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 10(4)
F3Words in s. 186(1)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 27(2)(b); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F4Words in s. 186(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 81, 263(2), Sch. 8 para. 27(3); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 186 applied by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 79(13), Sch. 11 para. 4(3)