SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26Amendment of certain enactments relating to the armed forces

Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)

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(1)

Amend section 46 (general provisions as to payments to make up civil remuneration) as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2), for “wife” substitute “ spouse or civil partner ”.

(3)

In subsection (3)—

(a)

the words from “a widow entitled to a widow’s pension” to the end of paragraph (iv) become paragraph (a) of the subsection (so that paragraphs (i) to (iv) become sub-paragraphs of that paragraph (a)),

(b)

in that paragraph (a), for “widow entitled to a widow’s pension” substitute “ surviving spouse entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension ”,

(c)

in sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph (a), at the end insert “ or ”, and

(d)

before “there may” insert the following paragraph—

“(b)

a surviving civil partner entitled to a surviving civil partner’s pension by virtue of any of those provisions,”.