Regulation 37 SurvivorsI1

a natural child, step-child or adopted child of the officer concerned;

a child conceived before death of the officer concerned and born after that death to a person mentioned in paragraph 1(a); or

any other child who at the time of the death of the officer concerned was substantially dependent, financially or by reason of permanent disablement, on him.

the police officer and the adult partner concerned were cohabiting as partners in an exclusive, committed and long-term relationship;

the adult partner was financially dependent on the officer or they were financially interdependent;

the police officer and the adult partner were both free to marry each other (where they are of opposite sexes) or to form a civil partnership with each other (where they are of the same sex); and

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that the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of sub-paragraph (a) continued to subsist at the time of the officer’s death, and

that the period of cohabitation mentioned in paragraph (i) of sub-paragraph (a) had been of at least two years’ duration at the time of the officer’s death.