{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-135.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/135",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Meaning of “surviving nominated partner”",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of a survivor's pension, a member's partner (P) is a “surviving nominated partner” if—\n(a) the member has nominated P to receive a pension on the member's death; and\n(b) at the date of the member's death—\n(i) the nomination has effect; and\n(ii) the condition in paragraph (3) was satisfied for a continuous period of at least 2 years ending on that date.\n(2) A member may nominate P by giving the written notice to the Department.\n(3) The notice must—\n(a) be signed by both the member and P; and\n(b) state that the conditions in paragraph (4) are satisfied.\n(4) The conditions are that—\n(a) the member is able to marry or form a civil partnership with P;\n(b) the member and P are living with each other as if they were a married couple or civil partners;\n(c) neither the member nor P is living with a third person as if they were a married couple or civil partners; and\n(d) the member and P are financially interdependent or P is financially dependent on the member.\n(5) A nomination ceases to have effect if—\n(a) the member or P revokes the nomination by giving written notice to the Department;\n(b) the member makes a subsequent nomination under this regulation;\n(c) any condition in paragraph (4) ceases to be satisfied; or\n(d) P dies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/135",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:41.805929+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}