Amendment of the Teachers' Superannuation (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 19943.

(1)

Regulation 2 shall be amended as follows.

(2)

After the definition of “the AVC Scheme” in paragraph (3) insert the following—

““civil partner” is to be construed in accordance with the 1997 Regulations;”.

(3)

In the definition of “dependant” in paragraph (3) after “any surviving spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”.