The Teachers’ Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Amendment of Schedule 8

13.—(1) Amend Schedule 8(1) (adult pension qualification service) as follows.

(2) For paragraph 1(1)(e) substitute—

“(e) where D is a woman—

(i) who died on or after 5th December 2005, D’s widower or D’s male civil partner, or

(ii) D’s widower with pre-1988 rights.”.

(3) For paragraph 1(2)(h) substitute—

“(h) any period in respect of which D has paid contributions under Schedule 5 (family benefit contributions) in a case where—

(i) D was married or a civil partner at a time when D’s election under paragraph 1 of that Schedule was made and D’s surviving adult is D’s widow, widower or civil partner, or

(ii) D had nominated a surviving nominated beneficiary by the time when that election was made and D’s surviving adult is a surviving nominated beneficiary;”.

(4) For the heading to paragraph 2, substitute “Pensions for widowers (other than widowers with pre-1988 rights) of female members who died before 5th December 2005”.

(5) In paragraph 2(1)—

(a) after “woman”, insert “who died before 5th December 2005”, and

(b) delete all the content after “pre-1988 rights”.

(6) In paragraph 2(2)(f), delete all the content after “is a widower”.

(1)

Amended by S.I. 2019/1134, 2019/1458.