# The Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Regulation 24: Amendments to regulation 135


For regulation 135 substitute—
“Surviving qualifying partner
135. (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/2019/1134/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-schemes-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-24
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