# Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 70: Interpretation of Part


(1) For the purposes of this Part—
(a) two people are in a qualifying relationship with one another if they are—
(i) married to each other,
(ii) in a civil partnership with each other, or
(iii) living together as though they were married,
(b) a person is a member of a tenant's family if the person is—
(i) a qualifying relative of the tenant,
(ii) a qualifying relative of a person who was in a qualifying relationship with the tenant immediately before the tenant's death, or
(iii) in a qualifying relationship with a qualifying relative of the tenant.
(2) In subsection (1)(b), “a qualifying relative” means a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother or sister.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
(a) a relationship of the half blood is to be regarded as a relationship of the whole blood,
(b) a person's stepchild is to be regarded as the person's child,
(c) a person (“A”) is to be regarded as the child of another person (“B”), if A is being or has been treated by B as B's child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/70 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-70
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