# The Parliamentary Pension (Amendment) Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Pensions for widows, widowers and surviving civil partners


Regulation K2 of the Principal Regulations shall be amended as follows—
(1) In the heading of regulation K2 there shall be substituted for the words “ Widows and Widowers” the words “widows, widowers and surviving civil partners”.
(2) For paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—
“(2A) Subject to paragraphs (3), (4) and (6), a pension payable under this regulation shall continue for life.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) and (6), a pension payable under this regulation to a widow or widower or surviving civil partner of a person who ceased to be a participant before 3rd November 2004 shall cease on the date the widow or widower or surviving civil partner marries or forms a civil partnership, provided that the Trustees may, if they think fit, at any time direct that the pension shall be restored if satisfied that the subsequent marriage or civil partnership has been terminated or that there are exceptional reasons for the payment of the pension notwithstanding the subsistence of that marriage or civil partnership.”
(3) In paragraph (4) after the words “this regulation” there shall be inserted the words “in respect of a person who ceased to be a participant before 3rd November 2004”.
(4) In paragraph (6) after the words “widow of a person” there shall be inserted the words “who ceased to be a participant before 3rd November 2004”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/887/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pension-amendment-regulations-2005/regulation-9
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