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 ”.