Paragraph 18 Amendment of article 71 (effects of marriage and living together)

in the heading of the article for the words “marriage and living together” there shall be substituted “relationships subsequent to the award of a pension”;

in paragraph (1) for the words “marries or lives with another person as the spouse of that person” there shall be substituted “marries, forms a civil partnership, lives with another person as the spouse of that person or lives with another person as a civil partner of that person”;

in sub-paragraph (1A)(a) for the words “had another person living with her as her spouse” there shall be substituted “formed a civil partnership, lived with another person as the spouse of that person or lived with another person as the civil partner of that person”;

in paragraph (1B) for the words “marries or begins to live with another person as the spouse of that person” there shall be substituted “marries, forms a civil partnership, begins to live with another person as the spouse of that person or begins to live with another person as the civil partner of that person”; and

In paragraph (2) after the word “marries” insert “or forms a civil partnership”.