Commentary on Sections Part 1 - Adoption Chapter 4 - Status of Adopted Children Section 74: Pensions
Section 74 provides that section 66(3), (the rule that an adopted child is to be treated only as the child of the adopter(s) or, in the case of an adoption by a partner of a parent, only as the child of the adopter and the natural parent to whom he is a partner), does not affect an adopted person's entitlement to a pension payable to or for his benefit which is in payment at the time of his adoption.