47. The Administration of Justice Act 1973(1) is amended as follows.
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”.
1973 c. 15; section 10 was amended by Schedule 4 to the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 (c. 20) and paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 8 to the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (c. 8).