# The Civil Partnership (Judicial Pensions and Church Pensions, etc.) Order 2005, Paragraph 4


(1) Regulation 5 (relevant service wholly after 17th April 1973) is amended as follows.
(2) For the title substitute—
“Relevant service wholly after 17th April 1973 (in relation to widows' pensions) or 4th December 2005 (in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions)”.
(3) For paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) If the whole of the office-holder’s relevant service is or, by virtue of an election made under section 10(4)(a) of the Act of 1973, or an option exercised under either paragraph 3 (2) of Schedule 2B to the Act of 1959 or paragraph 7 (2) of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1960, is treated as service after 17th April 1973, for the purpose of widow’s pensions, or 4th December 2005, for the purpose of surviving civil partner’s pensions, the amount of the contribution shall be three quarters of the lump sum.”.
(4) In paragraph (2)—
(i) after “wife”, in each place, insert “or civil partner”,
(ii) for “his”, in each place, substitute “the office-holder's”, and
(iii) for “he” substitute “the office-holder”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3325/schedule/2/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-judicial-pensions-and-church-pensions-etc-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-4
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