1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) (Amendments relating to Civil Partnership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
2Amendment of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations#
(1)The Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)In regulation 2 (modification of Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)after “becomes widowed” there shall be inserted “or a surviving civil partner”,
(ii)for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”, and
(iii)after “spouse” there shall be inserted “or civil partner”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”;
(c)in paragraph (3)(f), after “spouse” there shall be inserted “or civil partner”; and
(d)in paragraph (4), after “widowed person's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”.
(3)In the Schedule—
(a)in the heading, after “widowed person's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”; and
(b)in column 1 (description of person), for “widow or widower” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.
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