Paragraph 52
(1)
Amend section 105 (meaning of “member of a person’s family”) as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)(a)—
(a)
after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b)
at the end insert “ or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners ”.
(3)
In subsection (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”.