SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 26Amendment of certain enactments relating to the armed forces
Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951 (c. 65)
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1
Amend section 46 (general provisions as to payments to make up civil remuneration) as follows.
2
In subsection (2), for “wife” substitute “
spouse or civil partner
”
.
3
In subsection (3)—
a
the words from “a widow entitled to a widow’s pension” to the end of paragraph (iv) become paragraph (a) of the subsection (so that paragraphs (i) to (iv) become sub-paragraphs of that paragraph (a)),
b
in that paragraph (a), for “widow entitled to a widow’s pension” substitute “
surviving spouse entitled to a surviving spouse’s pension
”
,
c
in sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph (a), at the end insert “
or
”
, and
d
before “there may” insert the following paragraph—
b
a surviving civil partner entitled to a surviving civil partner’s pension by virtue of any of those provisions,