These Regulations are made under section 52(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) as amended by the Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefits Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2053). They extend the provisions of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1085) to surviving civil partners.