The Local Government Pensions Etc. (Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005
The amendments in these Regulations provide survivor benefits for same sex partners of Local Government Pension Scheme members or eligible persons where the same sex partners have formed a civil partnership under the terms of the Civil Partnership Act 2004. The Regulations amend–the Local Government (Discretionary Payments and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the Discretionary Payments & Injury Benefits Regulations”);the Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the 1998 Regulations”); andthe Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 (“the Transitional Provisions Regulations”).