# Administration of Justice Act 1982, Paragraph 2


The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (2) of Article 2 of the Fatal 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/schedule/6/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1982/schedule-6/paragraph-2
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