PART 3Amendments to the Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Amendment of regulation 19550
For regulation 195 (Meaning of “surviving nominated partner”) substitute—
Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”195
1
In this Part, a person (P) is a “surviving scheme partner” if the Department is satisfied that for a continuous period of at least two years, ending with the member’s death—
a
the member and P were living together as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,
b
the member and P were not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership,
c
the member and P were financially interdependent or P was financially dependent on the member, and
d
neither the member nor P were living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.