5. After paragraph (4) of regulation C9 (termination of widow’s or civil partner’s pension on remarriage, formation of new civil partnership or cohabitation), insert—
“(5) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not apply where the widow or surviving civil partner is entitled to a special pension under regulation 13 (including such a pension granted by way of an augmented award under regulation 14) of the Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007.
(6) Where entitlement to a pension under this Part was removed by virtue of paragraphs (1) to (3) prior to 1st October 2015 and the recipient of the pension was in receipt of a special pension referred to in paragraph (5), entitlement to a pension under this Part is reinstated with effect from that date.
(7) Nothing in paragraph (6) requires the making of any payment where the person to whom the payment would otherwise have been made has died prior to 1st October 2015.”.