The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006

5.  In regulation D5 (child’s allowance or special gratuity – limitations)–

(a) in paragraph (1)(a) after “of a marriage which took place” insert “or of a civil partnership which was formed”;

(b) for paragraph (1)(b) substitute the following sub-paragraph–

“(b) by reason of his being a step-child,–

(i) to the child of a spouse whose marriage to the relevant parent took place on or after the relevant date, or

(ii) to the child of a civil partner whose civil partnership with the relevant parent was formed on or after the relevant date;”;

(c) after paragraph (1) insert the following paragraph–

“(1A) The reference in paragraph (1)(a) to a child born of a civil partnership means a child–

(a) who is a child of a member of a civil partnership and has been adopted by the other member of that civil partnership; or

(b) who has been adopted by two persons who have formed a civil partnership.”.