SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION (WALES) SCHEME CONSEQUENT ON THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP ACT 2004

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In rule C8 (limitation where spouses living apart)43—

a

in paragraph (1), after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”;

b

for paragraph (2), substitute—

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Except where paragraph (3) applies, a surviving spouse or civil partner who, but for paragraph (1), would be entitled to an award under rule C1, C2, C3 or C4, is entitled instead to a requisite benefit pension calculated—

a

in the case of a surviving spouse, in accordance with Part V of Schedule 3; and

b

in the case of a surviving civil partner, in accordance with that Part subject to the substitution, in paragraphs 1 and 3, of “5 April 1988”for “5 April 1978”.

c

in paragraph (3), after “spouse”(in both places), insert “or civil partner”;

d

in paragraph (4)—

i

in sub-paragraph (a), after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”; and

ii

for sub-paragraph (b), substitute “(b) to the spouse or civil partner for the support of a child of the spouse or civil partner”; and

e

in paragraph (7), after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”.