{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2877",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975",
  "text": "(1) Amend the Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations 1975 as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (modification of the Act in relation to incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance, unemployability supplement and maternity allowance) , in paragraph (5)(b) after “spouse,” insert “ civil partner, ”.\n(3) In regulation 4 (modification of the Act in relation to widow's benefit, bereavement benefit, child's special allowance, guardian's allowance and retirement pension) —\n(a) in paragraph (2B) —\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a)—\n(aa) after “deceased spouse” insert “ or deceased civil partner ”;\n(bb) after “surviving spouse” insert “ or surviving civil partner ”;\n(cc) after “deceased spouse's” insert “ or deceased civil partner's ”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)—\n(aa) after “surviving spouse” insert “ or surviving civil partner ”;\n(bb) after “deceased spouse's” insert “ or deceased civil partner's ”;\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), after “surviving spouse” insert “ or surviving civil partner ”;\n(b) in paragraph (4) —\n(i) after “surviving spouse” (in each place) insert “ or surviving civil partner ”;\n(ii) after “former spouse” (in each place) insert “ or former civil partner ”.\n(4) In regulation 5 (application of disqualification in respect of up-rating of benefit)—\n(a) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (b) —\n(aa) for “a widow or a widower” substitute “ a widow, a widower or a surviving civil partner ”;\n(bb) after “former spouse” insert “ or former civil partner ”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (d) after “deceased spouse” insert “ or deceased civil partner ”;\n(b) in paragraph (6) after “former spouse” (in each place) insert “ or former civil partner ”;\n(c) in paragraph (7) —\n(i) after “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”;\n(ii) after “were husband and wife” insert “ or were civil partners ”;\n(iii) after “became husband and wife” insert “ or formed a civil partnership ”.\n(5) In regulation 13 (modification of the Act in relation to a dependant)—\n(a) after “A husband or wife” insert “ or civil partner ”;\n(b) after “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”;\n(c) after “spouse's” insert “ or civil partner's ”;\n(d) for “the husband or wife” substitute “ the husband, wife or civil partner ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/563."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The heading to regulation 2 was substituted by S.I. 1994/268 and amended by S.I. 1995/829."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Paragraph (5) was inserted by S.I. 1994/268 and amended by S.I. 1995/829."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "The heading to regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2000/2876."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Paragraph (2B) was inserted by S.I. 2000/2876, and sub-paragraph (a) was substituted by S.I. 2001/2618."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "Paragraph (4) was inserted by S.I. 1979/1432."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (b) was substituted by S.I. 1979/1432."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (d) was amended by S.I. 1989/1642 and S.I. 2000/2876."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "Paragraph (6) was substituted by S.I. 1979/1432 and amended by S.I. 1989/1642 and S.I. 1994/1832."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "Paragraph (7) was substituted by S.I. 1979/1432 and amended by S.I. 1989/1642."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2877/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:44.654045+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."
}