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PART 5Amendments of the Administration of Justice Act 1973

48.—(1) Section 10 (judicial pensions (increase of widow’s and children’s pensions)), as applied by subsection (8) of that section, is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “widow’s or widower's”, in both places, substitute “widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “widow’s or widower's” substitute “widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”, and

(b)in paragraph (b)—

(i)for “a widow or widower remarrying” substitute “effect of survivor’s marriage or formation of a civil partnership”, and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (i), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.

(4) In subsection (3), for “widow’s or widower's” substitute “widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”.

(5) In subsection (4), paragraph (c) for “widow’s widower's” substitute “widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”.

(6) In subsection (5), for “widow’s widower's” substitute “widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”.