Schedule 1: Part 2:  Category B retirement pension: removal of restriction on entitlement
123.Part 2 of this Schedule makes amendments to Part 2 of the SSCBA1992 consequential on section 2.
124.Paragraph 6 amends section 54 of that Act by omitting subsection (3), which currently prevents a spouse or civil partner from electing to cancel his or her Category A pension where this is already in payment without the consent of the other party to the marriage or civil partnership. The provision becomes redundant by virtue of the amendments made to section 48A by section 2.
125.Paragraph 7 amends subsection (3) of section 55 of that Act so that a person’s entitlement to their Category B pension is no longer deemed to be deferred where the person’s spouse or civil partner has not made a claim for his or her Category A pension.
126.Paragraph 8 amends paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the Act by omitting sub-paragraph (3), which also becomes redundant as a result of the amendments made to section 48A by section 2.