Regulation 2.E.2 Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”F1

England and Wales

In this Part, a person (P) is a “surviving scheme partner” if the Secretary of State is satisfied that for a continuous period of at least two years, ending with the member’s death—

(a)

the member and P were living together as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,

(b)

the member and P were not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership,

(c)

the member and P were financially interdependent or P was financially dependent on the member, and

(d)

neither the member nor P were living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2.E.2 substituted (with effect from 1.4.2008) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/418), regs. 1(2)(9), 51 (with reg. 108)