Regulation 3 Amendments to the Judicial Pensions (Widowers’ and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1991

(1)

The Judicial Pensions (Widowers’ and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1991^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1) of regulation 2—

(a)

before the definition of “standard rate” insert—

““spouse” includes a person who is married to a person of the same sex;”;

(b)

at the end of the paragraph insert—

““widower” includes a woman who was married to a female office-holder.”.

(3)

For “husband” wherever it occurs in regulations 2(5)(b), 4(2), 5(2), 6(2) and 6(3), substitute “spouse”.

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