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7. Amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(1) as follows—
(a)in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(i)in the definition of “earner” before “and” insert—
in the case of a surviving civil partner member, the deceased civil partner from whose employment that member’s rights under the scheme are derived;”;
(ii)after the definition of “scheme” insert—
““surviving civil partner member” means a person who has a right to the payment of a surviving civil partner’s pension under the scheme;”;
(b)in regulation 3 (method of calculation where no election to pay a contributions equivalent premium may be made)—
(i)after “surviving spouse member” in each place where those words occur, except in paragraph (1)(f), insert “or surviving civil partner member”;
(ii)after paragraph (1)(f) add—
“(g)in the case of a woman who is a surviving civil partner member—
X × Factor O × 52 × market level indicator
plus
(z1 + z2) × Factor Q × 52 × market level indicator;”;”;
”;(c)in regulation 4 (Market Level Indicator) after “surviving spouse member” in each place where those words occur insert “or surviving civil partner member”;
(d)in Tables 1 to 5 of Schedule 1 after “SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS” in each place where those words occur insert “and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS”;
(e)in Table 6 of Schedule 1—
(i)after “SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS” insert “and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS”;
(ii)after “Widowers” insert “and Male Surviving Civil Partners”;
(iii)after “Widows” insert “and Female Surviving Civil Partners”.
S.R. 1998 No. 208, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3069 and S.I. 2005/891.
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