Valid from 05/12/2005
24(1)Amend section 23 (nomination to property in society) as follows.U.K.
(2)In subsection (2), for “husband, wife,” substitute “ spouse, civil partner, ”.
(3)After subsection (6) insert—
“(7)The formation of a civil partnership by a member of a society revokes any nomination made by him before the formation of the civil partnership; but if any property of that member has been transferred by an officer of the society in pursuance of the nomination in ignorance of a civil partnership formed by the nominator after the date of the nomination—
(a)the receipt of the nominee shall be a valid discharge to the society, and
(b)the society shall be under no liability to any other person claiming the property.”