{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-residential-use-order-1987/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-residential-use-order-1987/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1671",
  "legislation_title": "The Building Societies (Residential Use) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/building-societies-residential-use-order-1987",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Prescribed dependants",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 11(2)(b) of the Act, a person is a dependant of a borrower if he both—\n(a) is a relative of the borrower; and\n(b) is wholly or partly maintained by the borrower.\n(2) A person is a relative of the borrower if he is—\n(a) the borrower’s spouse;\n(b) the borrower’s brother, sister, ancestor or descendant;\n(c) the borrower’s spouse’s brother, sister, ancestor or descendant; or\n(d) the spouse of any person classified, by virtue of sub-paragraph (b) or (c) of this paragraph, as a relative of the borrower.\n(3) In this article—\n“ancestor” means a parent or a parent’s parent;\n“brother” includes a half-brother and a step-brother;\n“child” includes a step-child;\n“descendant” means a child or a child’s child;\n“parent” includes a step-parent;\n“relative” includes a relative by adoption;\n“sister” includes a half-sister and a step-sister; and\n“spouse” includes a former spouse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1671/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:20:11.915266+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."
}