2SIn paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (definition of “relative”)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse” there shall be inserted “ or civil partner ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (aa)—
(i)after “spouse” there shall be inserted “ or civil partner ”; and
(ii)at the end there shall be added “ or in a relationship which had the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners ”;
(c)after sub-paragraph (e), the word “and” shall be repealed; and
(d)after sub-paragraph (f), there shall be added “and
(g)any person who, having been a civil partner of the deceased, had ceased to be so by virtue of the dissolution of the civil partnership.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2