Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st June 2005.
Amendment of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964
2. The amounts fixed in the provisions of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 that are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall be the amounts specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 instead of the amounts specified opposite thereto in column 3(1).
Revocation
3. The Prior Rights of Surviving Spouse (Scotland) Order 1999(2) is hereby revoked.
CATHY JAMIESON
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
9th May 2005