51(1)Amend sections 62 and 140 (meaning of “member of a person’s family” in Part 1 and in Chapter 1 of Part 5) as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(a)—
(a)after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”, and
(b)after “live together as husband and wife” insert “or as if they were civil partners”.
(3)In subsection (2)(a), after “a relationship by marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.