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Succession (Scotland) Act 1973

1973 CHAPTER 25

An Act to increase the amounts of the sums payable to a surviving spouse under sections 8 and 9 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 and to empower the Secretary of State by order further to increase such amounts.

[23rd May 1973]

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

1 Amendment of sections 8 and 9 of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964. E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In the case of a person dying after the commencement of this Act—

(a) section 8 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 M1 (prior rights of surviving spouse, on intestacy, in dwelling house and furinture) shall apply as if—

(i) for the words “£15,000” in subsection (1)(a) and (b) there were substituted the words “£30,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Secretary of State” ;

(ii) for the words “£5,000” in subsection (3)(a) and (b) there were substituted the words “£8,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Secretary of State” ;

(b) section 9 of the said Act of 1964 (prior right of surviving spouse to financial provision of inestacy) shall apply as if—

(i) for the words “£2,500, or” in subsection (1)(a) there were substituted the words “£4,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by oder of the Secretary of State, or” ;

(ii) for the words “£5,000” in subsection (1)(b) there were substituted the words “£8,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by oder of the Secretary of State” ;

(iii) in the proviso to the said subsection (1) for the words from “of £2,500” to “£5,000” there were substituted the words “fixed by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection or the sum fixed by virtue of paragraph (b) of this subsection”.

(2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 1(2)(3) repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 72:2), s. 28(2), Sch. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of s. 1(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted : it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c.41.

2 Short title. E+W+S+N.I.

This Act may be cited as the Succession (Scotland) Act 1973