Widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions

Widows', widowers' and surviving civil partners' pensions.
5
1
No
widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's
pension may be granted if the marriage
or formation of the civil partnership
with the deceased took place after he or she retired from relevant service.
1A
A surviving civil partner’s pension may not be granted in respect of a person’s service if—
a
the person retired from relevant service before 13th January 2020, and
b
power to grant the pension relies on the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019.
2
A
widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's
pension shall come to an end on the death of the
widow, widower or surviving civil partner
.
3
Where a
widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's
pension is payable the Treasury may, on or at any time after —
a
the remarriage of, or formation of a civil partnership by, the widow or widower, or
b
the formation of a subsequent civil partnership by, or the marriage of, the surviving civil partner,
direct that it shall cease to be payable.
4
Where such a direction has been given the Treasury may at any time direct that payment of the pension is to be resumed.
5
The annual amount of a
widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's
pension may be one half of the annual amount of the personal pension.
1991 NI 24
SI 2005/3325
SI 2005/3325
S. 5(1A) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 56(3) (with regs. 6-9)