Regulation 14 Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

in paragraph 4, for “a widower” substitute “the surviving spouse”;

in paragraph 5, after “regulation C5(3) to” insert “a woman who is the surviving spouse or who is”;

after paragraph 5, insert—

“5A.

Where—

(a)

a female police officer who has died was a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and

(b)

at the time of her death the female police officer was married to a woman and that marriage subsisted before the time when the certificate was issued,

the widow of the female police officer is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as if the certificate had not been issued.”; and

in paragraph 6, after “regulation C5(3) to” insert “a man who is the surviving spouse or who is”.