20. In section 41 (provision of documents for members), in subsection (4)(b), after “spouses” insert “or civil partners”.
21. In section 50A (meaning of “person with an interest in the scheme”)(1), in subsection (1)(b), after “widower” insert “, surviving civil partner”.
22. In section 63 (equal treatment rule: supplementary), in subsection (2), for “family or marital” substitute “family, marital or civil partnership”.
23. In section 91 (inalienability of occupational pension)(2), in subsection (5)(a), (b) and (c), after “widower” insert “, surviving civil partner”.
24. In section 92 (forfeiture, etc.), in subsection (3), for paragraph (b) substitute the following paragraph—
“(b)the spouse, civil partner, widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the member,”.
25. In section 124 (interpretation of Part I), in subsection (1), in the appropriate place insert—
““civil partnership status”, in relation to a person, means whether that person has previously formed a civil partnership and, if so, whether that civil partnership has ended,”.
Section 273 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) substituted new sections 50, 50A and 50B in the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) for the former section 50 of that Act.
Section 91(5) was amended by paragraph 57(4) of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).