71. In section 6 (grant and payment of a children’s pension), for subsection (7) substitute—
“(7) In this section, “step-children of the deceased” means—
(a)any children who—
(i)are the natural children of a person who at any time was married to, or the civil partner of, the deceased, and
(ii)at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, either had been born or were in gestation;
(b)any children adopted by such a person before the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased; and
(c)any children adopted by such a person after the marriage to, or the formation of the civil partnership with, the deceased in a case where the adoption proceedings were pending at the time of the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership.”.