# The Police Pensions Regulations 2015, Regulation 135: Meaning of “surviving adult partner”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person (P) is a surviving adult partner of a deceased member of this scheme if—
(a) the following conditions are met—
(i) P and the member were cohabiting as partners in an exclusive, committed long-term relationship;
(ii) either P was financially dependent on the member or P and the member were financially interdependent;
(iii) the member was able to marry or form a civil partnership with P; and
(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) P has satisfied the scheme manager that—
(i) the circumstances in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (a) continued to subsist at the time of the member's death; and
(ii) the period of cohabitation had been of at least 2 years' duration at the time of the member's death.
(2) The scheme manager may in its discretion accept a shorter period of cohabitation if satisfied in the particular circumstances of the case that the member and P would have cohabited as partners for at least 2 years had the member not died.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-135
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