PART 7Amendments of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993
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1
Section 5 (surviving spouse’s pension) is amended as follows.
2
In the side-note, after “Surviving spouse's” insert “and surviving civil partner's”.
3
In subsection (1)—
a
after “surviving spouse”, in both places, insert “or surviving civil partner”,
b
in paragraph (b), after “marriage took place” insert “or their civil partnership was formed”, and
c
omit “(a “surviving spouse’s pension”)”.
4
After that subsection insert—
1A
For the purposes of this Act—
a
a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving spouse is a “surviving spouse’s pension”, and
b
a pension under this section which is payable to a surviving civil partner is a “surviving civil partner’s pension”.
5
For subsection (3) substitute—
3
If—
a
the surviving spouse re-marries or forms a civil partnership, or
b
the surviving civil partner marries or forms a subsequent civil partnership,
the Treasury may, on or at any time after the marriage or the formation of the civil partnership, direct that the pension shall cease to be payable.
6
After subsection (5) insert—
5A
Schedule 1A to this Act (which makes transitional provision in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions) shall have effect.