The Civil Partnership (Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

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" (ac) for extending section 36 of that Act (increase of woman's retirement pension by reference to her late husband's graduated retirement benefit) to civil partners and their late civil partners who attain pensionable age before 6th April 2010 and for that section (except subsection (5)) so to apply as it applies to men and their late wives;".

     2. In Article 162 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995[4] (pensions on divorce etc.)—

(a) after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

    " (4A) Nothing in the provisions mentioned in paragraph (5) applies to a court exercising its powers under Part 5 of Schedule 15 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (making of Part 1 orders having regard to pension benefits)."; and

(b) in paragraph (5), for "paragraph (4)" there shall be substituted "paragraphs (4) and (4A)".

An assessment of the impact on business, charities or the voluntary sector of the provisions in this Order is included in the Regulatory Impact Assessment that accompanied the Civil Partnership Act 2004. A copy of that assessment has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may be obtained from the DTI website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/access/ria/index.htm#equality.

[2] 1992 c. 7; section 62 was amended by Article 128 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), paragraph 87 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, paragraph 16 of Schedule 9 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)) and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to S.R. 2005 No. 434back

[3] Paragraph (ab) is inserted by paragraph 87 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004back

[4] S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)back