25(1)Amend section 46 (general provisions as to payments to make up civil remuneration) as follows.E+W
(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,”.