# The European Parliament (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2005, Article 8: Pensions for surviving adult dependants


After article 12 of the Principal Order a new article shall be inserted –
“Pensions for surviving adult dependants
12A (1) For the purposes of this Order, surviving adult dependant means, in relation to a person who has died, a person who–
(a) made and signed with the deceased person a declaration in a form prescribed by the Managers and the declaration was not subsequently cancelled by either partner by a signed revocation in such form as the Managers prescribed or otherwise accepted ; and
(b) satisfies the Managers that at the time of the deceased person’s death –
(i) the person and the deceased person were cohabiting as partners in an enduring long-term relationship and neither the person nor the deceased person was cohabiting with a third person as partners in an enduring long-term relationship;
(ii) the person and the deceased person were not prevented from marrying (or would not have been so prevented apart from being of the same sex) or forming a civil partnership; and
(iii) either the person was financially dependent on the deceased person or they were financially interdependent.
(2) A surviving adult dependant of a person who–
(a) was a participant at any time on or after 3rd November 2004;
(b) was at the person’s death either –
(i) a participant; or
(ii) a pensioner; or
(iii) a deferred pensioner; and
(c) did not leave a widow or widower or surviving civil partner
shall be entitled to receive a pension for life under this article.
(3) The annual amount of a pension payable under this article to a surviving adult dependant shall be five-eighths of the basic or prospective pension or pensions of the deceased person.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1924/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliament-united-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-2005/article-8
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