PART 9E+W+SFamily benefits

[F1Surviving qualifying partner]E+W+S

90.[F2(1) A person (B) is a surviving qualifying partner of a person (A), if the condition in paragraph (2) is satisfied for a continuous period of at least 2 years ending on A’s death.]

(2) The condition is that—

(a)A is able to marry, or form a civil partnership with, B,

(b)A and B are living with each other as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,

(c)neither A nor B is living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or civil partners, and

(d)either B is financially dependent on A or A and B are financially interdependent.

F3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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