Article 40
(1)
Section 8 (children’s pension: rate and mode of payment) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2), for “or widower”, in both places, substitute “, widower or surviving civil partner”.
(3)
In subsection (3), for “or widower” substitute “, widower or surviving civil partner”.
(4)
In subsection (4)—
(a)
for “leaves a widow or widower who remarries,” substitute
“—
(a)leaves a widow or widower who remarries or forms a civil partnership, or
(b)leaves a surviving civil partner who forms a subsequent civil partnership or marries,”,
(b)
after “husband” insert “or civil partner”,
(c)
after “wife” insert “or civil partner”, and
(d)
for “widow or widower is” substitute “widow, widower or surviving civil partner is”.