6.—(1) The Pension Sharing (Safeguarded Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(1) shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 6 (ways of giving effect to safeguarded rights – money purchase schemes)—
(a)in paragraph (2)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (b), after “widower,” there shall be inserted “surviving civil partner,”;
(b)in paragraph (9)(a), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.
(3) In regulation 9(8)(a) (ways of giving effect to safeguarded rights – salary related schemes), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.