Surviving adults
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133. In these Regulations—
“surviving adult”, in relation to a deceased member of this scheme, means the member’s surviving spouse, surviving civil partner or surviving adult partner;
“surviving civil partner”, in relation to a deceased member of this scheme, means a person who was in a civil partnership(1) with the member as at the date of the member’s death; and
“surviving spouse”, in relation to a deceased member of this scheme, means a person who was married to the member as at the date of the member’s death.
(1)
See section 1 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) for the meaning of “civil partnership”.