SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27Minor and consequential amendments: general

Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)

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1

Amend section 435 (meaning of “associate”) as follows.

2

For subsection (2) substitute—

2

A person is an associate of an individual if that person is—

a

the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner,

b

a relative of—

i

the individual, or

ii

the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner, or

c

the husband or wife or civil partner of a relative of—

i

the individual, or

ii

the individual’s husband or wife or civil partner.

3

In subsection (3), after “husband or wife” insert “ or civil partner ”.

4

In subsection (8), at the end insert “ and references to a civil partner include a former civil partner ”.