Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010
13. In Part D of Schedule 2 to the Army Pensions (Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 and Attributable Benefits Scheme) Warrant 2010 (benefits payable in respect of eligible children), for rule D.1(3) (entitlement to a child’s compensation) substitute—
“(3) This Part will only apply when—
(a)the deceased person was a man who was in service on or after 31st March 1973, and at the time of his death was married to a woman whom he leaves a widow;
(b)the deceased person was a woman who was in service on or after 1st October 1987, and at the time of her death was married to a man whom she leaves a widower;
(c)the deceased person was in service on or after 1st October 1987, and at the time of that person’s death was either married to a person of the same sex or was in a civil partnership with a person whom the deceased person leaves as a surviving spouse or surviving civil partner;
(d)the deceased person was an eligible partner and was in service on or after 5th December 2005.”.