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12. In Part C of Schedule 2 to the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010 (benefits payable to surviving adult dependants), in rule C.2 (conditions relating to the deceased), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—
“(a)the deceased person was in service on or after 31st March 1973 and at the time of his death was a man married to a woman;
(b)the deceased person was in service on or after 6th April 1978, married after discharge, and at the time of his death was a man married to a woman;”.
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