# The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005, Paragraph 7: Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000


(1) Amend the Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000 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 sub-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 “war widow's pension”, after “and “war widower's pension”” insert “ and “surviving civil partner's war pension” .
(3) In regulation 4 (flat rate), in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (f) substitute the following sub-paragraph—
“(f) a war widow's pension, war widower's pension or surviving civil partner's war pension;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2877/schedule/4/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/schedule-4/paragraph-7
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