# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 51


(1) Amend section 184 (associates) as follows.
(2) For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) A person is an associate of an individual if that person is—
(a) the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner,
(b) a relative of—
(i) the individual, or
(ii) the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner, or
(c) the husband or wife or civil partner of a relative of—
(i) the individual, or
(ii) the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner.”
(3) In subsection (2), after “husband or wife” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(4) In subsection (5)—
(a) omit the word “and” immediately before “references”,
(b) for “or wife;” substitute “ or wife, and references to a civil partner include a former civil partner; ”, and
(c) for “had been a child born to him in wedlock” substitute “ were the legitimate child of the relationship in question ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/27/paragraph/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-27/paragraph-51
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