Article 23

(1)

Section 123 (widows’ and widowers’ pensions) is amended as follows.

(2)

For the heading substitute “Widows’, widowers’ and surviving civil partners’ pensions”.

(3)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

for “widow’s or widower’s” substitute “widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s”, and

(b)

after “marriage” insert “or formation of the civil partnership”.

(4)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

for “widow’s or widower’s” substitute “widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s”, and

(b)

for “widow or widower” substitute “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.

(5)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

for “widow’s or widower’s” substitute “widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s”, and

(b)

for “the remarriage of the widow or widower,” substitute

“—

(a)
the remarriage of, or formation of a civil partnership by, the widow or widower, or

(b)
the formation of a subsequent civil partnership by, or the marriage of, the surviving civil partner,”.

(6)

In subsection (5), for “widow’s or widower’s” substitute “widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s”.