The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Civil Partnership) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005

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(a) in head (ii) of regulation 5(1)(c) (other requirements applying to policies of insurance and annuity contracts)—


(i) for "widow or widower" in both places where those words occur substitute "widow, widower or surviving civil partner";

(ii) for "widow's or widower's" substitute "widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's";



(b) in sub-paragraph (c) of regulation 11(3) (conditions on which liability to provide pensions under a relevant scheme may be discharged) for "widow or widower" substitute "widow, widower or surviving civil partner".

Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 1998
     5. Amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 1998[6] as follows—

(a) in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—


(i) in the definition of "earner" before "and" insert—


" (aa) in the case of a surviving civil partner member, the deceased civil partner from whose employment that member's rights under the scheme are derived;";



(ii) insert in the appropriate alphabetical place—

" "surviving civil partner member" means a person who has a right to the payment of a surviving civil partner's pension under the scheme;";

(b) in regulation 3 (method of calculation where no election to pay a contributions equivalent premium may be made)—


(i) after "surviving spouse member" in each place where those words occur, except in paragraph (1)(f), insert "or surviving civil partner member";

(ii) after paragraph (1)(f) add—


" (g) in the case of a woman who is a surviving civil partner member—







plus

";

(c) in regulation 4 (Market Level Indicator) after "surviving spouse member" in each place where those words occur insert "or surviving civil partner member";

(d) in Tables 1 to 5 of Schedule 1 after "SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS" in each place where those words occur insert "and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS";

(e) in Table 6 of Schedule 1—


(i) after "SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS" insert "and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS";

(ii) after "Widowers" insert "and Male Surviving Civil Partners";

(iii) after "Widows" insert "and Female Surviving Civil Partners".

Amendment of the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
     6. In paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of regulation 12 of the Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997[7] (circumstances in which minimum contributions are not to be paid) for "or was not a civil partner at the time of his or her death" in each place where those words occur substitute "and was not a civil partner at the time of his or her death".

Amendment of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
     7. Amend the Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amount Required for Restoring State Scheme Rights and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998[8] as follows—

(a) in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—


(i) in the definition of "earner" before "and" insert—


" (aa) in the case of a surviving civil partner member, the deceased civil partner from whose employment that member's rights under the scheme are derived;";



(ii) after the definition of "scheme" insert—

" "surviving civil partner member" means a person who has a right to the payment of a surviving civil partner's pension under the scheme;";

(b) in regulation 3 (method of calculation where no election to pay a contributions equivalent premium may be made)—


(i) after "surviving spouse member" in each place where those words occur, except in paragraph (1)(f), insert "or surviving civil partner member";

(ii) after paragraph (1)(f) add—


" (g) in the case of a woman who is a surviving civil partner member—







plus

";

(c) in regulation 4 (Market Level Indicator) after "surviving spouse member" in each place where those words occur insert "or surviving civil partner member";

(d) in Tables 1 to 5 of Schedule 1 after "SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS" in each place where those words occur insert "and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS";

(e) in Table 6 of Schedule 1—


(i) after "SURVIVING SPOUSE MEMBERS" insert "and SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNER MEMBERS";

(ii) after "Widowers" insert "and Male Surviving Civil Partners";

(iii) after "Widows" insert "and Female Surviving Civil Partners".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Philip A Hunt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

11th November 2005

[2] ()1993 c.49. Subsection (7) of section 39 was added by paragraph 54(6) of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) ("the 1999 Order"). Section 39(7) is cited because of the meaning it gives to "prescribed". Section 176(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to "prescribe". Paragraph 5(3A) to (3E) of Schedule 1 was inserted by Article 138(2)(b) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and amended by paragraph 77(5)(c) of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Order and paragraph 5(4A) (which is cited for the meaning it gives to "regulations" and "prescribed") was inserted by paragraph 77(5)(d) of Schedule 1 to that Order.back

[3] S.I. 1996/1537, amended by S.I. 2005/704; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.back

[4] S.I. 1997/470, regulation 12(6), (7) and (8) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c.2) and S.I. 2005/2050.back

[5] S.I. 1997/784, amended by S.I. 2005/704; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.back

[6] S.I. 1998/1397, amended by S.I. 1999/3069 and 2005/891; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.back

[7] S.R. 1997 No. 139, amended by S.I. 2005/3029; there are other amendments but none are relevant.back

[8] S.R. 1998 No. 208, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3069 and S.I. 2005/891.back