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;”.