The Social Security (Inherited SERPS) (Amendments relating to Civil Partnership) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations

2.—(1) The Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 2 (modification of Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “becomes widowed” there shall be inserted “or a surviving civil partner”,

(ii) for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”, and

(iii) after “spouse” there shall be inserted “or civil partner”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”;

(c) in paragraph (3)(f), after “spouse” there shall be inserted “or civil partner”; and

(d) in paragraph (4)(2), after “widowed person's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”.

(3) In the Schedule—

(a) in the heading(3), after “widowed person's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”; and

(b) in column 1 (description of person), for “widow or widower” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 441 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 124

(2)

Paragraph (4) was added by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2005 No. 124

(3)

The heading to the Schedule was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2005 No. 124