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Paragraph 2 Pensions Commutation Act 1871I1C1

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

In section 4 of the Pensions Commutation Act 1871f1 (power to Treasury to commute pensions), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)

Where any officer in the naval or land forces of Her Majesty whose pension has been commuted under this Act subsequently marries or forms a civil partnership, the officer’s surviving spouse or surviving civil partner shall not be entitled to any pension, and a child of any such officer born after the date of the commutation of the pension shall not be entitled to compassionate allowance:”.

Annotations

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 para. 2: amendment extended to N.I. (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 149(b)(i)(aa) (with regs. 6-9)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 13.3.2014, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

1871 c. 36; section 4(2) was amended by the 2004 Act, Schedule 26, paragraph 3(1); it was repealed in relation to certain persons by the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11), Schedule 8. There are other amendments to section 4 not relevant to this Order.