SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland
Part 1Amendments of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)
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In section 9 (prior right to financial provision on intestacy)—
a
in subsection (1), for “or wife, the surviving spouse” substitute “
, wife or civil partner the survivor
”
, and
b
in the proviso to that subsection and in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (6), after “spouse”, (in each place) insert “
or civil partner
”
.