Rule 2 Civil PartnersI1I2

References in the RMSPS to a “spouse” shall include a “civil partner”; references to a “widow” or “widower” shall include a “surviving civil partner”; references to “marriage” shall include a “civil partnership”; references to “marry” or “married” shall include “form a civil partnership” or “a participant in a civil partnership” as the context requires; and references to “divorce” shall include “dissolution of a civil partnership” (where the term “civil partner” has the meaning given to it in the Civil Partnership Act 2004^f1).

Nothing in this Clause 2 is intended to override the provisions of the Section A Rules (or the equivalent provisions of the RMPP Cut-Off Date Rules that apply to Former RMPP Section A Members or Cut-Off Date Non-Actives who are former members of the non-contributory part of the RMPP, as applicable to such members under Clause 3) (Benefits payable in respect of Wholly Transferred Beneficiaries) as they relate to civil partners.