# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 135: Surviving qualifying partner

Extent: E+W

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/135 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-135
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