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Valid from 05/12/2005
9(1)Amend section 6A (spouse dying within 28 days of intestate) as follows.N.I.
(2)After “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)In the sidenote to section 6A, after “Spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
10(1)Amend section 7 (rights of surviving spouse) as follows.N.I.
(2)After “spouse” (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”.
(3)In subsection (7), after “husband” insert “ , or of section 180 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 ”.
(4)In the sidenote to section 7, after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
11N.I.In section 8 (rights of issue), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
12N.I.In section 9 (rights of parents), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
13N.I.In section 10 (rights of brothers and sisters and their issue), after “spouse” (in both places) insert “ or civil partner ”.
14N.I.In section 11 (rights of next-of-kin), in subsection (1) after “neither spouse” insert “ nor civil partner ”.
15N.I.In section 38 (power to appoint trustees of infant’s property), in subsection (5) after “marries” insert “ , or forms a civil partnership, ”.