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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-2.E.2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/224",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2.E.2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2.E.2",
  "heading": "Meaning of “surviving nominated partner”",
  "text": "(1) A person is a surviving nominated partner in relation to a member for the purposes of this Part if–\n(a) the person and the member jointly made and signed a declaration in such form as the Scottish Ministers require that remains effective at the member’s death; and\n(b) the person satisfies the Scottish Ministers that for a continuous period of 2 years ending with the member’s death–\n(i) the person and the member were living together in an exclusive relationship as if they were husband and wife or civil partners;\n(ii) the person and the member were not prevented from marrying or forming a civil partnership; and\n(iii) the person was financially dependent on the member or the person and the member were financially interdependent.\n(2) A declaration for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) ceases to have effect if–\n(a) it is revoked by the member or other person by a signed notice in writing to the Scottish Ministers in such form as the Scottish Ministers may require or is willing to accept;\n(b) the member makes a further declaration for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a); or\n(c) the person or the member marries or forms a civil partnership.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "ssi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2010/369",
      "affecting_title": "The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2010"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/224/regulation/2.E.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:06:34.390947+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."
}