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33.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this article, any pension or allowance awarded under this Part of this Order or under Part II of a 1919 to 1921 instrument to a person other than a parent shall cease if that person [F1marries or forms a civil partnership with another person, or lives with another person as the spouse or civil partner of that person, before the 1st April 2015.]
[F2(2) Where—
(a)in accordance with paragraph (1), an award to a person ceased, and
(b)that person [F3makes a claim for the restoration of] the award in respect of a period which begins after the end of the relationship that led to the cessation of the award,
the claim shall be determined as though the relationship had never existed.]
(3) A pension or allowance awarded under articles 23 to 26 (inclusive) to a person in respect of a member of the armed forces who died or whose service terminated F4. . . before 31st March 1973 shall not cease if that person [F5marries or forms a civil partnership with another person, or begins to live with another person as the spouse or civil partner of that person, on or after the 6th April 2005.]
(4) In determining whether a pension is payable to a person as a surviving spouse in respect of any period beginning on or after 19th July 1995, no account may be taken of the fact that [F6the person has married another] if, before the beginning of that period, the marriage has been terminated or the parties have been judicially separated.
(5) A pension or allowance awarded to or in respect of a person under article 28, 29 or 30 shall not cease on the marriage of that person if, having regard to the special circumstances of the case, the Secretary of State so directs.
(6) An allowance awarded in respect of a child shall not be affected by the cessation under this article of a pension awarded to any other person.
(7) For the purposes of paragraph (4)—
(a)the reference to the termination of a marriage is to the termination of the marriage by death, dissolution or annulment; and
(b)the reference to judicial separation includes any legal separation obtained in a country or territory outside the British Islands and recognised in the United Kingdom
and for those purposes a divorce, annulment or legal separation obtained in a country or territory outside the British Islands must, if the Secretary of State so determines, be treated as recognised in the United Kingdom even though no declaration as to its validity has been made by any court in the United Kingdom.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 33(1) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 110(7)(a)
F2Art. 33(2) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/208), arts. 1(1), 2(b)
F3Words in art. 33(2)(b) substituted (9.4.2018) by The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/176), arts. 1, 4
F4Words in art. 33(3) omitted (7.4.2008 with application in accordance with art. 2(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/679), art. 2(1)(2)(a), Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4
F5Words in art. 33(3) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 110(7)(b)
F6Words in art. 33(4) substituted (8.4.2013) by The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/241), arts. 1, 3
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