1SIn section 1(2) (intestacy: saving for legal rights or prior rights), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
2SIn section 2(1)(e) (intestacy: succession rights of surviving spouse)—
(a)for “or a wife” substitute, “ , wife or civil partner ”, and
(b)after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
3SIn section 5(1) (representation on intestacy), for “or spouse” substitute “ , spouse or civil partner ”.
4SIn section 8 (prior rights on intestacy in dwelling house and furniture), in subsections (1), (3) and (4), after “spouse” (in each place, including the provisos to subsections (1) and (3)) insert “ or civil partner ”.
5SIn section 9 (prior right to financial provision on intestacy)—
(a)in subsection (1), for “or wife, the surviving spouse” substitute “ , wife or civil partner the survivor ”, and
(b)in the proviso to that subsection and in subsections (2), (3), (4) and (6), after “spouse”, (in each place) insert “ or civil partner ”.
6SIn section 10(2) (calculation of legal rights), for “jus relicti, jus relictae or legitim” substitute “ legal rights ”.
7SIn section 15(2)(a) (transfer of heritage in satisfaction of claim to legal rights or prior rights), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
8SIn section 16(2) (transfer of interest of tenant notwithstanding condition prohibiting assignation), after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.
9SIn section 31(1) (presumption of survivorship in respect of claims to property)—
(a)after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”, and
(b)in paragraph (a), after “wife” insert “ or civil partners to each other ”.
10SIn section 36(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “prior rights”, after “spouse” insert “ or civil partner ”.