The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 No. 1514

PART 9 N.I. Amendments: Other Primary Legislation

Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 N.I.

134.  In Article 5(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(1) (disregard of certain post-death benefits accruing to widows)—

(a) for “widow”, in both places it occurs, substitute “surviving spouse”,

(b) for “her husband”, substitute “that person’s spouse”, and

(c) for “her”, in the second place it occurs, substitute “the surviving spouse’s”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 134 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18); Article 5(3) is amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53).