# The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022, Regulation 77: Meaning of “surviving cohabiting partner”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A person (P) is a surviving cohabiting partner of a deceased member of this scheme if P satisfies the scheme manager that immediately before the member’s death—
(a) P and the member were cohabiting as partners in an exclusive, committed long-term relationship;
(b) P and the member were not prevented from entering into a marriage or a civil partnership; and
(c) either P was financially dependent on the member or P and the member were financially interdependent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/319/regulation/77 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022/regulation-77
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