{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1160",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Covenant) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-covenant-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Relevant family members",
  "text": "(1) A person is prescribed as a relevant family member for the purposes of section 343B of the Act where, in relation to a service member or former service member (A), the person is any of the following—\n(a) A’s spouse or civil partner;\n(b) a child of A or of A’s spouse or civil partner;\n(c) a relative of A or of A’s spouse or civil partner where the relative is one of the following—\n(i) a member of A’s household;\n(ii) wholly or mainly financially dependent on A or A’s spouse or civil partner; or\n(iii) someone for whom A or A’s spouse or civil partner has assumed regular and substantial caring responsibilities;\n(d) where A is deceased, anyone who was a relevant family member of A under sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) immediately before A’s death.\n(2) In this regulation—\n“child” means a person under the age of 18 years;\n“relative” in relation to A or A’s spouse or civil partner, means—\n(a) a parent, step-parent, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandparent, step-grandparent, great-grandparent, step-great-grandparent, grandchild, step-grandchild, great-grandchild or step-great-grandchild of A or of A’s spouse or civil partner;\n(b) the brother, sister, uncle, great-uncle, aunt, great-aunt, niece, great-niece, nephew, great-nephew or first cousin (whether of the full blood or of the half blood or by marriage or civil partnership) of A or of A’s spouse or civil partner; or\n(c) any person who (no longer being a child) was the responsibility of A or A’s spouse or civil partner when they were a child.\n(3) For the purposes of this regulation, references to A’s spouse or civil partner includes—\n(a) a person whose relationship with A is akin to a relationship between spouses or civil partners;\n(b) a former spouse or civil partner or a person whose relationship with A was formerly akin to a relationship between spouses or civil partners.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a person is a child of a person (P) if—\n(a) P is the parent of the person; or\n(b) the person is the responsibility of P.\n(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), references to a person being a member of A’s household includes references to a person who would be living in the same household as A but for the fact that A is temporarily living at another address for service reasons.\n(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(c) and (4)(b), a child is the responsibility of A or A’s spouse or civil partner where—\n(a) A or A’s spouse or civil partner has parental responsibility for the child within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989; or\n(b) the child is someone who otherwise meets the criteria in paragraphs (1)(c)(ii) and (iii).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1160/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:51.841812+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}