Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed)

3 Certain rights arising on death of another not transmissible.S

There shall not be transmitted to the executor of a deceased person any right which has accrued to the deceased before his death, being a right to—

(a)damages by way of solatium in respect of the death of any other person, under the law in force before the commencement of this Act;

(b)a loss of society award,

and accordingly the executor shall not be entitled to bring an action, or to be sisted as pursuer in any action brought by the deceased before his death, for the purpose of enforcing any such right.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 3 excluded (18.4.1993) by 1993 c. 5, ss. 6(5), 8(3).