Regulation 13 Amendment of Schedule 8

Amend Schedule 8^f1 (adult pension qualification service) as follows.

For paragraph 1(1)(e) substitute—

“(e)

where D is a woman—

(i)

who died on or after 5th December 2005, D’s widower or D’s male civil partner, or

(ii)

D’s widower with pre-1988 rights.”.

For paragraph 1(2)(h) substitute—

“(h)

any period in respect of which D has paid contributions under Schedule 5 (family benefit contributions) in a case where—

(i)

D was married or a civil partner at a time when D’s election under paragraph 1 of that Schedule was made and D’s surviving adult is D’s widow, widower or civil partner, or

(ii)

D had nominated a surviving nominated beneficiary by the time when that election was made and D’s surviving adult is a surviving nominated beneficiary;”.

For the heading to paragraph 2, substitute “Pensions for widowers (other than widowers with pre-1988 rights) of female members who died before 5th December 2005”.

In paragraph 2(1)—

In paragraph 2(2)(f), delete all the content after “is a widower”.