Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Service Pensions Order 1983 (“the principal Order”).

Paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 clarify that injuries or deaths giving rise to benefits under the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Scheme 2005 shall not be accepted as due to service for the purposes of the principal Order.

Paragraph 20(a) of Schedule 1 removes marriage-related eligibility requirements in the definition of an adult dependant for the purposes of the Order.

All other paragraphs provide that marriage related benefits are paid equally to civil partners in consequence of the introduction of civil partnerships by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 c. 33).

A regulatory assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.