# Housing Associations Act 1985, Section 105: Members of a persons family

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A person is a member of another's family if—
(a) he is the spouse or civil partner of that person, or he and that person live together as husband and wife, or in a relationship which has the characteristics of the relationship between civil partners or
(b) he is that person's parent, grandparent, child, grand- child, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
(a) a relationship by marriage or civil partnership shall be treated as a relation- ship by blood,
(b) a relationship of the half-blood shall be treated as a relationship of the whole blood,
(c) the stepchild of a person shall be treated as his child, and
(d) an illegitimate child shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/105 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-105
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