Interpretation – further provisionU.K.
2.—(1) In this Order, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any retired pay, pension, allowance or other continuing benefit awarded to him under this Order notwithstanding that the retired pay, pension, allowance or other benefit, or any part of it, is, by virtue of any provision of this Order, being administered or otherwise applied for any purpose or paid to some other person.
(2) Where an allowance awarded under this Order in respect of a child of a deceased member of the armed forces is withheld or reduced under article 55, the member's surviving spouse, surviving civil partner, dependant who lived as a spouse or dependant who lived as a civil partner who has the child under his or her control or in his or her charge shall be treated as being in receipt of the allowance notwithstanding that it is so withheld or reduced.
(3) A condition for the award of any pension, allowance or grant under this Order that a person is, or as the case may be, was, in receipt of retired pay, pension, allowance or other award under this Order or under a 1919 to 1921 instrument, shall be treated as satisfied if that person is, or as the case may be, was, in receipt of any payment made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury which is analogous to that retired pay, pension, allowance or other award.
(4) In this Order, any question as to whether a person—
(a)is an adopted child, or is a parent by virtue of having adopted a child, shall be determined as if any adoption effected by a person who at the date of the adoption had a spouse or civil partner and was not separated from that spouse or civil partner, had been effected by those 2 spouses or civil partners jointly;
(b)is a grandparent, step-parent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister or grandchild, shall be determined as if—
(i)any child adopted jointly by 2 persons who at the date of adoption were spouses or civil partners, or by a person who at that date had a spouse or civil partner and was not separated from that spouse or civil partner, was the legitimate child of those spouses or civil partners,
(ii)any child adopted by a person who at the date of adoption had no spouse or civil partner or was separated from his spouse or civil partner, was the legitimate child of that person,
(iii)any child born illegitimate had been born the legitimate child of his father and mother.
(5) Subject to article 44(7), any condition or requirement laid down in this Order for an award, or the continuance of an award, or relating to the rate or amount of an award, shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as a continuing condition or requirement, and accordingly the award, rate or amount shall cease to have effect if and when the condition or requirement ceases to be fulfilled.