# Registered Homes Act 1984 (repealed), Section 19: Meaning of “relative”.

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Part of this Act “relative” means any of the following—
(a) husband or wife;
(b) son or daughter;
(c) father or mother;
(d) brother or sister;
(e) grandparent or other ascendent;
(f) grandchild or other descendant;
(g) uncle or aunt;
(h) nephew or niece;
(2) In deducing any relationship for the purposes of subsection (1) above—
(a) any relationship by affinity shall be treated as a relationship by consanguinity, any relationship of the half-blood as a relationship of the whole blood, and the stepchild of any person as his child; and
(b) an illegitimate person shall be treated as the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father.
(3) In this section “husband” and “wife” include a person who is living with a person carrying on or intending to carry on a residential care home as that person’s husband or wife, as the case may be, and who has been so living for a period of not less than 6 months.
(4) A person, other than a relative, with whom a person carrying on or intending to carry on a residential care home ordinarily resides, and with whom that person has been ordinarily residing for a period of not less than 5 years, shall be treated for the purposes of this Part of this Act as if he were a relative.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/23/section/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registered-homes-act-1984-repealed/section-19
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