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Paragraph 1 Amendment of article 71 (marriage of female persons)

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Article 71 shall be amended as follows—

(1)

the heading of article 71 of the principal Scheme (Marriage of female persons) shall be changed to “Effects of marriage and living together”;

(2)

in paragraph (1) for the word “No” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (1B), no”;

(3)

after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted—

“(1B)

Any pension or allowance awarded to a person under Articles 27 to 30 (inclusive) and 49(1) shall not cease if that person marries or begins to live with another person as the spouse of that person on or after 6th April 2005.”.