# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Section 207: Fatal accidents claims


(1) Amend the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)) as follows.
(2) In Article 2(2) (meaning of “dependant”), after sub-paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) the civil partner or former civil partner of the deceased;”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (b)(iii) of Article 2(2), after “wife” insert “ or civil partner ”.
(4) After sub-paragraph (f) of Article 2(2) insert—
“(fa) any person (not being a child of the deceased) who, in the case of any civil partnership in which the deceased was at any time a civil partner, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family in relation to that civil partnership;”.
(5) After Article 2(2A) insert—
“(2B) The reference to the former civil partner of the deceased in paragraph (2)(aa) includes a reference to a person whose civil partnership with the deceased has been annulled as well as a person whose civil partnership with the deceased has been dissolved.”
(6) In Article 2(3)(b), for “by affinity” substitute “ by marriage or civil partnership ”.
(7) In Article 3A(2) (persons for whose benefit claim for bereavement damages may be made)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), after “wife or husband” insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “was never married” insert “ or a civil partner ”.
(8) In Article 5 (assessment of damages), in paragraph (3A), after “wife” insert “ or civil partner ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/207 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-207
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