SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Effect of extension of marriage: further provision
PART 6Occupational pensions and survivor benefits
Pension Schemes Act 1993
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1
Section 24D (survivors' benefits) is amended as follows.
2
Subsection (2): after “earner” insert “
is a man married to a woman or a woman married to a woman in a relevant gender change case, and the earner
”
.
3
Subsection (3)—
a
after “earner” insert “
is a married woman (other than in a relevant gender change case), a man married to a man, or a civil partner, and the earner
”
;
b
after “widower” insert “
, widow
”
.
4
After subsection (3) insert—
4
In relation to an earner who is a woman, a reference in this section to a relevant gender change case is a reference to a case where—
a
the earner is a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and
b
the marriage of the earner and her widow (that ends with the earner's death) subsisted before the time when the certificate was issued.
5
This section is subject to regulations under section 38A.