C1Part I Residential Care Homes
Provisions supplementary to Part I
19 Meaning of “relative”.
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.
Pt. I (ss. 1-20) modified (1.4.1993) by Registered Homes (Amendment) Act 1991 (c. 20, SIF 113:3), s. 2(3); S.I. 1992/2240, art.2