Amendment of the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015
15. For regulation 125 (Meaning of “surviving adult partner”), substitute—
“Meaning of “surviving adult partner”
125.—(1) A person is a surviving adult partner in relation to a member if, at the date of the member’s death, that person was—
(a)the spouse or civil partner of the member;
(b)cohabiting with the member and—
(i)was not married or in a civil partnership with that member,
(ii)is not the spouse or civil partner of any other person,
(iii)could have entered into a marriage or civil partnership under the law of Scotland with the member but did not do so,
(iv)was financially dependent on the member, or was, with the member, in a state of mutual financial dependency, and
(v)was in a long-term relationship with the member.
(2) In paragraph (1), “long–term relationship” means a relationship that has continued for a period of at least two years ending with the date on which the question of the person’s status in relation to the member falls to be considered, or such shorter period as the scheme manager may in any particular case think fit.”.