Amendment of article 71 of the principal Scheme
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.