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These Regulations make consequential amendments to ensure that surviving civil partners are treated in the same way as widows and widowers.
Regulation 1 provides for citation and commencement.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 12(4)(b)(ia) of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Protected Rights) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 to deal with where a member dies leaving a surviving civil partner but before giving effect to the member’s protected rights.
Regulation 3 amends the Occupational Pension Schemes (Discharge of Liability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997. Regulation 5 of those Regulations is amended so that where liability for a guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) is discharged using a policy of insurance, the annuity payable to a surviving civil partner must be equal to the GMP payable to him or her. Regulation 11 of those Regulations is amended so that where a relevant scheme discharges its liability to provide a pension, the policy or contract used must provide that payments to surviving civil partners are subject to increases required by paragraph (4A) of that regulation.
An assessment of the impact on business, charities or the voluntary sector of the provisions in these Regulations 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.
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