# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Regulation 101: Meaning of “surviving partner”

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

(1) A person (P) is a surviving partner of a deceased member of this scheme if P satisfies the scheme manager that immediately before the member’s death—
(a) P and the member were cohabiting as partners in an exclusive, committed long-term relationship;
(b) P and the member were not prevented from entering into a marriage or a civil partnership; and
(c) either P was financially dependent on the member, or P and the member were financially interdependent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/regulation/101 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/regulation-101
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