Civil Partnership Act 2004

Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39)E+W

F150E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51(1)Amend section 184 (associates) as follows.E+W

(2)For subsection (1) substitute—

(1)A person is an associate of an individual if that person is—

(a)the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner,

(b)a relative of—

(i)the individual, or

(ii)the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner, or

(c)the husband or wife or civil partner of a relative of—

(i)the individual, or

(ii)the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner.

(3)In subsection (2), after “husband or wife” insert “ or civil partner ”.

(4)In subsection (5)—

(a)omit the word “and” immediately before “references”,

(b)for “or wife;” substitute “ or wife, and references to a civil partner include a former civil partner; ”, and

(c)for “had been a child born to him in wedlock” substitute “ were the legitimate child of the relationship in question ”.