Explanatory Notes

Succession (Scotland) Act 2016

2016 asp 7

3 March 2016

Commentary on Sections

Testamentary documents and special destinations

Section 6 – Death before legacy vests: entitlement of issue

30.Subsection (5) provides that where two or more of the descendant’s issue are to inherit their share under this section, the rules of intestacy will apply (the legal rules that apply if a person dies without making a will). Subsection (6) defines “intestate estate” and “issue” for the purposes of this section.