195.—(1) In this Part, a person (P) is a “surviving scheme partner” if the Department is satisfied that for a continuous period of at least two years, ending with the member’s death—
(a)the member and P were living together as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,
(b)the member and P were not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership,
(c)the member and P were financially interdependent or P was financially dependent on the member, and
(d)neither the member nor P were living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.]
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