Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015
48.—(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i) (civil partnerships that are to be treated as not coming to an end when converted into a marriage), after “converted into a marriage under” insert “Part 3 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 or”.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2), before the “or” at the end of paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)by reason of its having been converted into a marriage under Part 3 or 4 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 where it is a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership as defined by regulation 2 of those Regulations;”.
(4) After sub-paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a marriage is not to be treated as having come to an end by reason of its having been converted into a civil partnership under Part 3, 4 or 5 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.”.
2015 c. 5 (N.I.). Paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 6 was inserted by S.I. 2019/1514.