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5(1)Paragraph 3—
(a)does not apply to an existing instrument or enactment so far as it contains a disposition of property, and
(b)does not apply to any public general Act in its application to any disposition of property in an existing instrument or enactment.
(2)The repeal by this Act of sections 16 and 17 of the 1958 Act, and of provisions containing references to those sections, does not affect their application in relation to a disposition of property effected by an existing instrument.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, and of paragraph 6, provisions of the law of intestate succession applicable to the estate of a deceased person shall be treated as if contained in an instrument executed by him (while of full capacity) immediately before his death.
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