PART 2AMENDMENT OF PART 1 OF THE 2012 ORDER (PRELIMINARY)

Amendment of article 3 (definition of “eligible adult dependant”)4.

For article 3(2) and (3) of the 2012 Order substitute—

“(2)

A person is an eligible partner of a member of the armed forces if the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

(a)

the person and the member are cohabiting as partners in an exclusive and substantial relationship;

(b)

the person and the member are not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership; and

(c)

either the person is financially dependent on the member or the person and the member are financially interdependent.

(3)

A person is a surviving eligible partner of a member of the armed forces if the Secretary of State is satisfied that at the date of the member’s death—

(a)

the person and the member were cohabiting as partners in an exclusive and substantial relationship;

(b)

the person and the member were not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership; and

(c)

either the person was financially dependent on the member or the person and the member were financially interdependent.”.