Surviving civil partners
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6. After article 11 of the Principal Order a new article shall be inserted–
“Surviving civil partners
11A—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), where a person who was a participant dies leaving a surviving civil partner, this Order shall apply in relation to the surviving civil partner as it would have applied in relation to a widow or widower of the person.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where a pension is paid to a surviving civil partner of a person who ceased to be a participant before 3rd November 2004, that pension shall be calculated by reference only to service on and after 6th April 1988.
(3) This Order in so far as it relates to guaranteed minimum pensions shall apply to a surviving civil partner as it would have applied to a widower.”