PART 2Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

Amendment of regulation A23

1

Regulation A2 (interpretation)3 is amended as follows.

2

At the appropriate place in the alphabetical order, insert—

  • “civil partner” and “civil partnership” are to be construed in accordance with regulation A4;

  • “marriage” and “married” do not include a reference to marriage of a same sex couple unless otherwise provided;

  • “widow” and “widower” do not include a reference to marriage of a same sex couple;