Amendment of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001
2.—(1) The Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001(1) shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (modification of Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)after “becomes widowed” insert “or a surviving civil partner”;
(ii)for “widow or widower” substitute “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”; and
(iii)after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”;
(b)in paragraph (2), for “widow or widower” substitute “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”;
(c)in paragraph (3)(f), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”; and
(d)in paragraph (4), after “widowed person's” insert “or surviving civil partner's”.
(3) In the Schedule—
(a)in the heading, after “widowed person's” insert “or surviving civil partner's”; and
(b)in column 1 (description of person), for “widow or widower” (in each place) substitute “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.