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Wills Act 1837
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[F118DEffect on subsisting will of conversion of civil partnership into marriageE+W+N.I.
(1)The conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage does not—
(a)revoke any will made by a party to the civil partnership before the conversion; or
(b)affect any disposition in such a will.
(2)The conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage does not affect any previous application of section 18B(2) to (6) to—
(a)a will made by a party to the civil partnership before the conversion; or
(b)a disposition in such a will.
(3)Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to subsection (4).
(4)Any reference in a will to a civil partnership or civil partners (howsoever expressed) is to be read in relation to any civil partnership that has been converted into a marriage, or civil partners who have converted their civil partnership into a marriage, as referring to that marriage or married couple, as appropriate.
(5)Subsection (4) is subject to any contrary intention appearing from the will.
(6)In this section “conversion” means—
(a)the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and regulations made under that section;
[F2(aa)the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under Part 3 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020;
(ab)the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under Part 3 or 4 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014 where the civil partnership is a convertible Northern Ireland civil partnership as defined by regulation 2 of those Regulations;]
(b)the changing of a civil partnership formed under Part 3 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 into a marriage under—
(i)the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;
(ii)the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014; or
(iii)any order made under section 104 of the Scotland Act 1998 in consequence of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014, and
“converted” is to be read accordingly.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 18D inserted (10.12.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3168), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. para. 1(3)
F2S. 18D(6)(aa)(ab) inserted (E.W.) (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 32(4)
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