Regulation 23 Amendment of the Teachers' Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 2005

(1)

Schedule 12 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 4–

(a)

after “spouse's” insert “or civil partner's”;

(b)

for “teacher’s and his widow’s or, as the case may be, her widower’s pensions” substitute “pensions of the teacher and his or her widow, widower or surviving civil partner (as the case may be)”.

(3)

In paragraph 5(b) after “spouse's” insert “or civil partner's”.

(4)

In paragraph 12(a) after “marital” insert “and civil partnership”.

(5)

After paragraph 12, insert–

“12A.

In paragraph 12(a) “marital and civil partnership status”, in relation to a teacher, means whether that teacher has previously formed a marriage or a civil partnership, and if so, whether that marriage or civil partnership has ended.”.