{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-31.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "regulation/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—\n(a) before the definition of “the Committee” insert—\n““cohabiting partner” means a person whom the Committee is satisfied fulfils the following condition—\n(a) the person (P) has fulfilled the condition in paragraph (b) for a continuous period of at least two years on the date the member (M) died;\n(b) the condition is that—\n(i) M is able to marry, or form a civil partnership with, P;\n(ii) M and P are living together as if they were a married couple or as if they were civil partners;\n(iii) neither M nor P is living with a third person as if they were a married couple or as if they were civil partners; and\n(iv) either P is financially dependent on M, or M and P are financially interdependent; and\n(c) in this definition—\n(i) “member” means an active member or a former active member who has become a deferred or pensioner member in accordance with these Regulations or the 2009 Regulations; and\n(ii) the qualifying time period, under paragraph (a), of a continuous period of at least two years on the date the member died as it applies in relation to the condition in paragraph (b)(i) (ability to marry or form a civil partnership) no longer applies from 18th November 2019;”;\n(b) omit the definition of “nominated co-habiting partner”; and\n(c) in the definition of “partner” omit “nominated”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/206/regulation/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:45:27.274366+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."
}