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Version date: 1 January 2011 - onwards
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17. Amendment to Part 2 of Principal Act.

(1) Section 39(1) (amended by section 10(a) of the Act of 2007) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (n):

"(n) widowed or surviving civil partner grant (paid by virtue of receipt of a benefit under Part 2).".

(2) Section 81 of the Principal Act is amended by -

(a) substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):

"(1) Death benefit shall be payable to the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased.",

(b) substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):

"(3) A pension under subsection (2) shall not be payable for any period after the marriage or remarriage of the beneficiary or the entry by the beneficiary into a civil partnership or a new civil partnership.",

and

(c) in subsection (4), by substituting "he or she is a cohabitant" for "he or she and any person are cohabiting as husband and wife".

(3) The Principal Act is amended in section 123 -