Paragraph 11 Amendment of article 49 (awards in respect of death)

Article 49 shall be amended as follows—

(1)

in sub-paragraphs (1)(a), 1(b) and 3(a) for the words “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “surviving spouse or surviving civil partner”;

(2)

in sub-paragraph 1(c) and paragraph (2) for the words “widow or widower” (in each place) there shall be substituted “surviving spouse, surviving civil partner”;

(3)

in paragraph (3) for the words “to the widow or widower” there shall be substituted “to the surviving spouse, surviving civil partner”; and

(4)

in sub-paragraph 3(a)—

(a)

for the words “widow’s or widower's” there shall be substituted “surviving spouse’s or surviving civil partner's”;

(b)

for the word “husband” there shall be substituted “spouse or civil partner”; and

(c)

for the word “husband's” there shall be substituted “spouse’s or civil partner's”.