# The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Tax Credits, etc.) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2005, Article 12: Amendment of the Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003


(1) The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) 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—
(a) separated under a court order, nor
(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
(b) 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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2919/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004-tax-credits-etc-consequential-amendments-order-2005/article-12
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