The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2005 No. 3302 (W. 256)

SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

11. In the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996(1)—

(a)in Regulation 2(1)—

(i)in the definition of “close relative” after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;

(ii)in the definition of “family”—

(aa)in paragraphs (a) and (b) after “married or unmarried couple”, insert “or both members of a civil partnership” in each place;

(bb)in paragraph (c) after “married or unmarried couple”, insert “or of a civil partnership”;

(iii)in the definition of “member of a couple” after “unmarried couple” insert “or of a civil partnership”;

(iv)in the definition of “partner”, in paragraph (a), after “married or unmarried couple” insert “or of a civil partnership”;

(v)in the definition of “unmarried couple” after “Schedule 3” omit the rest of the definition and substitute the following—

“(a)a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife; or

(b)two persons of the same sex who are not civil partners but are living together as if they were civil partners;”

(b)in Schedule 1, in paragraph 10A(1)(b), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”; and

(c)in Schedule 4, in paragraph 65 after “deceased spouse” insert “or deceased civil partner” in each place.

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