9. In article 71 of the principal Scheme (marriage of female persons)—
(a)for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(3) Subject to paragraph (4) below, where a pension awarded to a person under articles 27, 30 or 49 of this Scheme ceases under paragraph (1) above, the Secretary of State may award that person a gratuity equal to one year’s pension.”;
(b)for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(4) Where an award of pension ceases under paragraph (1) above as a consequence of a person living with a man as his wife prior to 12th April 1993, and the death of that man occurs after 11th April 1993, the Secretary of State may award that person a gratuity equal to one year’s pension.”;
(c)paragraph (5) shall be omitted.