Paragraph 21

In rule J1 (guaranteed minimum pension)—

(a)

omit “and”immediately before paragraph (2)(c);

(b)

at the end of paragraph (2)(c), insert “, and”; and

(c)

after paragraph (2)(c), insert—

“(d)

in the case of a person who dies at any time after 4 December 2005 and leaves a civil partner, the civil partner is entitled to a pension at a weekly rate equal to half of the deceased’s guaranteed minimum;”; and

(d)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

for “paragraph (2)(b) or (c)”, substitute “paragraph (2)(b), (c) or (d)”; and

(ii)

for “remarries”, substitute “marries, remarries, forms a civil partnership or a subsequent civil partnership”.