Paragraph 2 C1

The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (2) of Article 2 of the M1Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977—

“(2)

In this Order “dependant” means—

(a)

the wife or husband or former wife or husband of the deceased;

(b)

any person who—

(i)

was living with the deceased in the same household immediately before the date of the death; and

(ii)

had been living with the deceased in the same household for at least two years before that date; and

(iii)

was living during the whole of that period as the husband or wife of the deceased;

(c)

any parent or other ascendant of the deceased;

(d)

any person who was treated by the deceased as his parent;

(e)

a child or other descendant of the deceased;

(f)

any person (not being a child of the deceased) who, in the case of any marriage to which the deceased was at any time party, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that marriage;

(g)

any person who is, or is the issue of, a brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the deceased;

and “the deceased” has the meaning given by Article 3(2).

(2A)

The reference to the former wife or husband of the deceased in paragraph (2)(a) includes a reference to a person whose marriage to the deceased has been annulled or declared void as well as a person whose marriage to the deceased has been dissolved.”.