Regulation 20 Pension sharing

(1)

In Schedule 15 to the Contributory Fund Regulations^f1 (pension sharing on divorce or nullity: transfers out of pension credits) after paragraph 1 insert—

“1A

The provisions of this Schedule—

(a)

apply to a surviving civil partner as they apply to a surviving spouse,

(b)

apply to a civil partner as they apply to a spouse, and

(c)

apply to a civil partnership as they apply to a marriage.”.

(2)

In paragraph 4 of that Schedule (death of ex-spouse before liability in respect of pension credit is discharged)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (3) after “if”, in the second place where it occurs, insert “the ex-spouse has not reached the age of 75 at the date of death and”, and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (4) after “sub-paragraph (3)” insert “and the ex-spouse has not reached the age of 75 at the date of death”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Schedule 15 was inserted by paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2001/2649.