# The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2005, Paragraph 11: Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996


In the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996—
(a) in Regulation 2(1)—
(i) in the definition of “close relative” after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;
(ii) in the definition of “family”—
(aa) in paragraphs (a) and (b) after “married or unmarried couple”, insert “or both members of a civil partnership” in each place;
(bb) in paragraph (c) after “married or unmarried couple”, insert “or of a civil partnership”;
(iii) in the definition of “member of a couple” after “unmarried couple” insert “or of a civil partnership”;
(iv) in the definition of “partner”, in paragraph (a), after “married or unmarried couple” insert “or of a civil partnership”;
(v) in the definition of “unmarried couple” after “Schedule 3” omit the rest of the definition and substitute the following—
“(a) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife; or
(b) two persons of the same sex who are not civil partners but are living together as if they were civil partners;”
(b) in Schedule 1, in paragraph 10A(1)(b), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”; and
(c) in Schedule 4, in paragraph 65 after “deceased spouse” insert “or deceased civil partner” in each place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/3302/schedule/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-consequential-amendments-to-subordinate-legislation-wales-order-2005/schedule/paragraph-11
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