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2E+WAfter section 18A insert—
(1)Subject to subsections (2) to (6), a will is revoked by the formation of a civil partnership between the testator and another person.
(2)A disposition in a will in exercise of a power of appointment takes effect despite the formation of a subsequent civil partnership between the testator and another person unless the property so appointed would in default of appointment pass to the testator’s personal representatives.
(3)If it appears from a will—
(a)that at the time it was made the testator was expecting to form a civil partnership with a particular person, and
(b)that he intended that the will should not be revoked by the formation of the civil partnership,
the will is not revoked by its formation.
(4)Subsections (5) and (6) apply if it appears from a will—
(a)that at the time it was made the testator was expecting to form a civil partnership with a particular person, and
(b)that he intended that a disposition in the will should not be revoked by the formation of the civil partnership.
(5)The disposition takes effect despite the formation of the civil partnership.
(6)Any other disposition in the will also takes effect, unless it appears from the will that the testator intended the disposition to be revoked by the formation of the civil partnership.
(1)This section applies if, after a testator has made a will—
(a)a court of civil jurisdiction in England and Wales dissolves his civil partnership or makes a nullity order in respect of it, or
(b)his civil partnership is dissolved or annulled and the dissolution or annulment is entitled to recognition in England and Wales by virtue of Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
(2)Except in so far as a contrary intention appears by the will—
(a)provisions of the will appointing executors or trustees or conferring a power of appointment, if they appoint or confer the power on the former civil partner, take effect as if the former civil partner had died on the date on which the civil partnership is dissolved or annulled, and
(b)any property which, or an interest in which, is devised or bequeathed to the former civil partner shall pass as if the former civil partner had died on that date.
(3)Subsection (2)(b) does not affect any right of the former civil partner to apply for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.”
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