{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-26/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-26/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/26/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Amend section 46 (general provisions as to payments to make up civil remuneration) as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2), for “wife” substitute “ spouse or civil partner ”.\n(3) In subsection (3)—\n(a) the words from “a widow entitled to a widow’s pension” to the end of paragraph (iv) become paragraph (a) of the subsection (so that paragraphs (i) to (iv) become sub-paragraphs of that paragraph (a)),\n(b) in that paragraph (a), for “widow entitled to a widow’s pension” substitute “ surviving spouse entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension ”,\n(c) in sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph (a), at the end insert “ or ”, and\n(d) before “there may” insert the following paragraph—\n“(b) a surviving civil partner entitled to a surviving civil partner’s pension by virtue of any of those provisions,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/26/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}