The War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/3032
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the War Pensions Committees (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the War Pensions Committees Regulations 2000 .

Section 2 Amendments to the principal Regulations and application

The amendments to the principal Regulations contained in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect.

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)

Regulation 1 shall be amended as follows—

(1) in regulation 1(2) omit the word “and”;

(2) for ““widow” means a widow in receipt of a war widow’s pension” substitute ““surviving spouse” means a widow or widower in receipt of a war pension; and”; and

(3) after the definition of “widow” there shall be inserted the following definition ““surviving civil partner” means a surviving civil partner in receipt of a war pension”.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 8 (functions of a committee)

Regulation 8 shall be amended as follows—

(1) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “pensioners or widows” substitute “pensioners, surviving spouses or surviving civil partners”;

(2) in sub-paragraph (1)(c) for “widows” substitute “surviving spouses, surviving civil partners”;

(3) in sub-paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(d) for “pensioners and widows” substitute “pensioners, surviving spouses and surviving civil partners”; and

(4) in sub-paragraph (2)(a) for “pensioner or widow” substitute “pensioner, surviving spouse or surviving civil partner”.