{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-and-compensation-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-and-compensation-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2020/1511",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and Compensation Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-schemes-and-compensation-scheme-wales-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Survivor benefits for civil partners and same sex spouses: the 1992 Scheme",
  "text": "(1) In Part C (awards on death – spouses)—\n(a) in rule C1 (spouse’s ordinary pension)—\n(i) in paragraph (2), after “spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”;\n(ii) omit paragraph (2A);\n(b) in rule C4 (spouse’s accrued pension), in paragraph (3)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”;\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it;\n(c) in rule C5 (limitation on award to spouse or civil partner by reference to date of marriage or formation of partnership)—\n(i) in paragraph (2), after “spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”;\n(ii) omit paragraph (3);\n(d) in rule C6 (spouse or civil partner’s requisite benefit and temporary pension), in paragraph (4)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “in the case of a surviving spouse,”;\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it;\n(e) in rule C8 (limitation where spouses living apart), in paragraph (2)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a), omit “in the case of a surviving spouse,”;\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (b) and the “and” preceding it.\n(2) In Part J (special cases), in rule J1 (guaranteed minimum pensions)—\n(a) in paragraph (2)—\n(i) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) in the case of a person who dies at any time and leaves a widow, a surviving same sex spouse or surviving civil partner, that person is entitled to a pension of a weekly rate equal to half the deceased person’s guaranteed minimum, and”;\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (d) and the “and” preceding it;\n(b) in paragraph (4), for “, (c) or (d)” substitute “or (c)”.\n(3) In Schedule 1 (interpretation) to the 1992 Scheme, omit paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 3 (provision relating to same sex couples).\n(4) In Schedule 3 (awards on death – spouses) to the 1992 Scheme—\n(a) in Part 3 (spouse’s accrued pension)—\n(i) in paragraph 2(1), after “spouse’s” insert “, or surviving civil partner’s,”;\n(ii) in paragraph 3(1), after “spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”;\n(b) in Part 4 (pension for surviving spouse of post-retirement marriage), in paragraphs 1(1) and 2(1), after “surviving spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) of rule C1 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2014/3242 (W. 329)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph (2A) of rule C1 was inserted by article 2 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Paragraph (3) of rule C4 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Rule C5 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160); paragraphs (2) and (3) were amended by article 2 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2007/1074 (W. 112)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Rule C6 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2007/1074 (W. 112)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph (2) of rule C8 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160); and amended by article 2 of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2007/1074 (W. 112)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Paragraph 2(d) of rule J1 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2014/3242 (W. 329); paragraph (4) was amended by article 2 of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Scheme was inserted by article 4 of, and paragraph 17 of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to, S.I. 2014/560; there is an amendment to paragraph 1 not relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Part 4 was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 83(b) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2006/1672 (W. 160); paragraph 1(1) was amended and paragraph 1(2) was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 63(c) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2007/1074 (W. 112)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/1511/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:13:49.701685+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."
}