PART 8Public Service Pension Schemes
Other public service pension schemesI1123
1
In this regulation “relevant scheme” means a pension scheme established by one or more instruments made under Northern Ireland legislation by a Department or other public authority and relating to service connected with any of the following public services—
a
firefighting, or fire and rescue services, in Northern Ireland;
b
health services, or personal social services, in Northern Ireland;
c
teaching in Northern Ireland.
3
The existing provisions of a relevant scheme are to apply (despite anything to the contrary in those provisions and so far as they do not otherwise do so)—
a
in relation to a man who is the surviving civil partner of a female member as they apply in relation to the widower of a female member, and
b
in relation to—
i
any other surviving civil partner of a member,
ii
the widower of a male member, or
iii
the widow of a female member,
as they apply in relation to the widow of a male member, and
c
without taking account of any full gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to a member, or a member’s spouse or civil partner, at a time during their marriage or civil partnership.
4
Power to make or amend a relevant scheme includes power to modify the application of, or disapply, either or both of paragraphs (2) and (3) in relation to the scheme or any provision of the scheme.
5
In this regulation “existing provisions” means provisions made before 13th January 2020.