# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 25


(1) Amend section 46 (general provisions as to payments to make up civil remuneration) as follows.
(2) In subsection (2), for “wife” substitute “ spouse or civil partner ”.
(3) In subsection (3)—
(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)),
(b) in that paragraph (a), for “widow entitled to a widow’s pension” substitute “ surviving spouse entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension ”,
(c) in sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph (a), at the end insert “ or ”, and
(d) before “there may” insert the following paragraph—
“(b) a surviving civil partner entitled to a surviving civil partner’s pension by virtue of any of those provisions,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/26/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-26/paragraph-25
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