Regulation 135 Surviving qualifying partnerF1

England and Wales

(1)

For the purposes of a survivor’s pension, a member’s partner (P) is a “surviving qualifying partner” if the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied for a continuous period of at least 2 years ending on the member’s death.

(2)

The conditions are—

(a)

the member is able to marry or form a civil partnership with P;

(b)

the member and P live with each other as if they were a married couple or civil partners;

(c)

neither the member nor P lives with a third person as if they were a married couple or civil partners; and

(d)

the member and P are financially interdependent or P is financially dependent on the member.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 135 substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 24