PART 3Amendment of the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (2008 Section) (Scotland) Regulations 2013
Amendment of regulation 2.E.233
For regulation 2.E.2 (meaning of “surviving nominated partner”) substitute—
Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”2.E.2
In this Part, a person (“P”) is a “surviving scheme partner” if the Scottish Ministers are 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.