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Paragraph 10 I1

(1)

An individual, A, is connected with another individual, B, if—

(a)

A is B's spouse, civil partner or cohabitee,

(b)

A is a relative of B,

(c)

A is the spouse, civil partner or cohabitee of a relative of B,

(d)

A is a relative of B's spouse, civil partner or cohabitee, or

(e)

A is the spouse, civil partner or cohabitee of a relative of B's spouse, civil partner or cohabitee.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

two persons who are living together as if they were a married couple or civil partners are cohabitees,

(b)

references to a spouse, civil partner or cohabitee include a former spouse, civil partner or cohabitee, and

(c)

“relative” means a brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, lineal ancestor or descendant (the stepchild of any person, or anyone adopted by a person, whether legally or otherwise, as their child, being regarded as a relative or taken into account to trace a relationship in the same way as that person's child).

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Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 4.1.2022 by S.I. 2021/1465, regs. 2, 3 (with regs. 4, 5)