5.—(1) The National Health Service (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 2002(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 7 (partial surrender of annual allowance) after “spouse”, insert “or civil partner”.
(3) In regulation 8 (compensation payable to widow, widower or dependants)—
(a)in the heading after “widower”, insert “, surviving civil partner”; and
(b)in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) after “widower”, insert (in each place) “surviving civil partner,”.
(4) In paragraph (1) of regulation 9 (compensation where lump sum on death becomes payable) after “widower”, insert (in each place) “surviving civil partner,”.
S.I. 2002/1311; the amending instruments are S. I. 2002/2469, 2003/631 and 2004/696.