Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 79 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
79(1)Amend section 48A (category B retirement pension for married person) as follows.U.K.
(2)After subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)A person who—
(a)has attained pensionable age, and
(b)on attaining that age was a civil partner or forms a civil partnership after attaining that age,
shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of the other party to the civil partnership (“the contributing civil partner”) if the following requirement is met.
(2B)The requirement is that the contributing civil partner—
(a)has attained pensionable age and become entitled to a Category A retirement pension, and
(b)satisfies the conditions specified in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5.”
(3)In subsections (3) and (4), after “spouse” insert “ or contributing civil partner ”.
(4)In subsection (4A), for “widow or widower” substitute “ widow, widower or surviving civil partner ”.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 24 para. 79(5) repealed (N.I.) (6.4.2010) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), s. 19(4)(a), Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with s. 4(5)-(8), Sch. 4 Pt. 3)
F2Sch. 24 para. 79(6) omitted (N.I.) (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 64
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