Paragraph 21 Amendments to Schedule 7 (Deductions for the purposes of Article 56)

(1)

In the first column (Allowance/Pension)—

(a)

for “wife, husband, unmarried dependant, living as a spouse” substitute “spouse, civil partner, dependant living as a spouse, dependant living as civil partner”; and

(b)

for “War widows pension and war widowers pension (article 29) and pension paid to an unmarried dependant who lived a spouse (article 30)” substitute “Surviving spouses' and surviving civil partners' pension (article 29) and pension paid to dependants who lived as spouses and dependants who lived as a civil partners (article 30)”; and

(2)

in the third column (Weekly Rate of Deduction)—

(a)

for “Where member has no partner, spouse or dependants” substitute “Where the member has no spouse, civil partner, dependant living as a spouse, dependant living as a civil partner or other dependants.”

(b)

for “Where member has a partner, spouse or dependants” substitute “Where the member has spouse, civil partner, dependant living as a spouse, dependant living as a civil partner or other dependants.”