PART 6Amendments: Pensions and Social Security: Primary Legislation
County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959I155
1
The County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 195972 is amended as follows.
2
In section 12373 (widows’, widowers’ and surviving civil partners’ pensions), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
A surviving civil partner’s pension may not be granted in respect of a person’s service if—
a
the person retired from relevant service before 13th January 2020, and
b
power to grant the pension relies on the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019.
3
In section 124(4)74 (no children’s pension for daughters who are married or for children who are civil partners), omit “female” in both places it occurs.
4
The amendment made by paragraph (3) applies only where the death of the deceased occurs on or after 13th January 2020.
5
In Schedule 2B75 (surviving civil partners’ pensions: transitional provision), in paragraph 1, in the definition of “relevant date”, after “2005” insert “, but means 12th January 2020 in relation to a civil partnership formed between two people not of the same sex”.