SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENTS OF THE ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY PENSIONS REGULATIONS 1988

5

In regulation D5 (child’s allowance or special gratuity — limitations)—

a

in paragraph (1)(a) after “of a marriage which took place” insert “or of a civil partnership which was formed”;

b

for paragraph (1)(b) substitute the following sub-paragraph—

b

by reason of his being a step-child—

i

to the child of a spouse whose marriage to the relevant parent took place on or after the relevant date, or

ii

to the child of a civil partner whose civil partnership with the relevant parent was formed on or after the relevant date;

c

after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph—

1A

The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to a child born of a civil partnership means a child who is a child of a member of a civil partnership and has been adopted by the other member of that civil partnership.