The National Health Service Superannuation and Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Amendment of regulation 2

53.—(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In the table in paragraph (1)—

(a) in the definition of “dependant” in column B, in sub-paragraph (d), for “nominated partner” substitute “scheme partner”,

(b) for the definition of “scheme partner” in column B substitute—

“A person (“P”) is the scheme partner of a participator if—

(a) the participator and P are living together as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,

(b) the participator and P are not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership,

(c) the participator and P are financially interdependent or the person is financially dependent on the contributor, and

(d) neither the participator nor P is living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.”.

(c) in the definition of “surviving scheme partner” in column B substitute—

“A person is a surviving scheme partner of a participator if the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that for a continuous period of at least two years, ending with the participator’s death, the person was the scheme partner of that participator.”.