28(1)Amend Article 21 (effect, duration and form of orders) as follows.N.I.
(2)In paragraph (2)(a), for “former husband or former wife” substitute “ former spouse or former civil partner ”.
(3)In paragraph (2), after sub-paragraph (b) insert “or
(c)an applicant who was the civil partner of the deceased in a case where, at the date of death, a separation order under Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 was in force in relation to their civil partnership and the separation was continuing,”.
(4)In that paragraph, in the words after sub-paragraph (b), for “on the remarriage of the applicant” onwards substitute “ on the formation by the applicant of a subsequent marriage or civil partnership, except in relation to any arrears due under the order on the date of the formation of the subsequent marriage or civil partnership. ”