# The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005, Paragraph 28: Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996


(1) Amend the Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996 as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—
(a) for the definition of “couple” substitute the following definition—
““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;
(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,
and for the purposes of paragraph (d), two people of the same sex are to be regarded as living together as if they were civil partners if, but only if, they would be regarded as living together as husband and wife were they instead two people of the opposite sex;;”;
(b) in the definition of “partner”, in paragraph (a), for “a married or unmarried couple” substitute “ a couple ”.
(3) In regulation 7 (death of a person with care of a child) , in paragraph (2), for “or the spouse of any of the preceding persons or, if that person is one of an unmarried couple, the other member of that couple” substitute “ or if any of the preceding persons is one member of a couple, the other member of that couple ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2877/schedule/3/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-28
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