Commentary on Sections Schedule 25 – Amendment of certain enactments relating to pensions Paragraph 4 - Theatres Trust Act 1976 (c. 27)
912.Section 3(d)(iii) of the Theatres Trust Act 1976 gives the trustees power to enter into agreements with insurance (or other) companies to provide gratuities or pensions to a Trust employee, his widow, family and dependants. Paragraph 4 extends this to include an employee's surviving civil partner.
913.It also clarifies the existing law in relation to widowers by substituting the words "surviving spouse" for "widow" to ensure that it is clear that the same arrangements apply to surviving spouses of both male and female employees.