Regulation 7 Potential conflict of interest on the basis of a personal relationship

related to a relevant person in the first degree;

related to a relevant person in the second degree;

related to a relevant person as a half-sister or half-brother;

the spouse, ex-spouse, civil partner or ex-civil partner of a relevant person, or

living with a relevant person as if they were a spouse or a civil partner.

“relevant person” means another assessor, the patient, or, if the nearest relative is making the application, the nearest relative;

“related in the first degree” means as a parent, sister, brother, son or daughter and includes step relationships;

“related in the second degree” means as an uncle, aunt, grandparent, grandchild, first cousin, nephew, niece, parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, grandchild-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law and includes step relationships;

references to step relationships and in-laws in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c) are to be read in accordance with section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f1.