Article 12 Amendment of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003

after the definition of “the Board” insert—

• “ “civil partnership” means two people of the same sex who are civil partners of each other and are neither—

  1. (a)

     separated under a court order, nor

  2. (b)

     separated in circumstances in which the separation is likely to be permanent;

• “cohabiting same-sex couple” means two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners;”; and

in the definition of “partner” substitute—

• “ “partner” means a member of a married couple, an unmarried couple, or a cohabiting same-sex couple or a civil partnership”.