# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 126


(1) Amend subsection (7) of section 10 (the child maintenance bonus) as follows.
(2) After the definition of “child maintenance” insert—
““couple” means—
(a) a man and woman who are married to each other and are members of the same household;
(b) a man and woman who are not married to each other but are living together as husband and wife otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;
(c) two people of the same sex who are civil partners of each other and are members of the same household; or
(d) two people of the same sex who are not civil partners of each other but are living together as if they were civil partners otherwise than in prescribed circumstances;”.
(3) In the definition of “family” for “married or unmarried couple” (in each place) substitute “ couple ”.
(4) Omit the definitions of “married couple” and “unmarried couple”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/24/paragraph/126 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-24/paragraph-126
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