The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019

Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 U.K.

106.—(1) The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(2)—

(a) in paragraph (8)—

(i) in the words before paragraph (a), after “living as a” insert “spouse or”;

(ii) in paragraph (a), omit “of the same sex”;

(iii) in paragraph (b), omit “of the same sex”;

(iv) in the words after paragraph (b), after “lived as a” insert “spouse or”;

(b) omit paragraph (9).

(3) In article 30(3)—

(a) in the heading, for “and dependants who lived as” substitute “or”;

(b) in paragraph (1), omit “a dependant who lived as a”, in the second place it occurs;

(c) in paragraph (2)—

(i) omit “a dependant who lived as a”, in the second place it occurs;

(ii) omit “the dependant who lived as a”, in the second place it occurs;

(d) in paragraph (3), omit “the dependant who lived as a”, in the second place it occurs.

(4) In article 31(4)—

(a) in the heading, for “, dependants who lived as spouses and dependants who lived as” substitute “and dependants who lived as spouses or”;

(b) in paragraph (1), for “, dependant who lived as his spouse or dependant who lived as his” substitute “or dependant who lived as his spouse or”;

(c) in paragraph (4), for “, dependant who lived as the spouse or dependant who lived as the” substitute “or dependant who lived as the spouse or”.

(5) In article 54(1B)(g)(5), for “, dependants who lived as spouses and dependants who lived as” substitute “and dependants who lived as spouses or”.

(6) In article 71(6)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “, lives with another person as the spouse of that person or lives with another person as a” substitute “or lives with another person as the spouse or”;

(b) in paragraph (1A)(a), for “, lived with another person as the spouse of that person or lived with another person as the” substitute “or lived with another person as the spouse or”;

(c) in paragraph (1B), for “, begins to live with another person as the spouse of that person or begins to live with another person as the” substitute “or begins to live with another person as the spouse or”.

(7) In article 77(1)(b)(ii)(7), omit “dependant who lived as a”, in the second place it occurs.

(8) In Schedule 4(8), in the fourth entry in the table, in the first column, for “and dependants who lived as” substitute “or”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 para. 106 in force at 2.12.2019, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 1983/686; amended by S.I. 2005/3031 and 2019/420. There are other amending instruments not relevant to this instrument.

(2)

Article 2(8) and (9) was substituted by S.I. 2005/3031. There are other amendments to article 2 not relevant to this instrument.

(3)

Article 30 was amended by S.I. 2005/3031.

(4)

Article 31 was amended by S.I. 2005/3031. There are other amendments to article 31 not relevant to this instrument.

(5)

Article 54(1B) was inserted by S.I. 1986/628, and sub-paragraph (g) was amended by S.I. 2005/3031. There are other amendments to article 54 not relevant to this instrument.

(6)

In article 71, paragraph (1) was substituted by S.I. 1984/1289, and amended by S.I. 2005/655 and 2005/3031; paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1997/812 and amended by S.I. 2005/3031; and paragraph (1B) was inserted by S.I. 2005/655, and amended by S.I. 2005/3031. There are other amendments to article 71 not relevant to this instrument.

(7)

Article 77(1)(b) was amended by S.I. 2005/3031.

(8)

The table in Schedule 4 was substituted by S.I. 2019/420.