Section 2 Increase in amounts disposable on death by nomination.
In the enactments and instrument listed in Schedule 2 to this Act (which enable a person by nomination to dispose of property on his death up to a limit of £100 or, in some cases, £200) the said limit shall, subject to the provisions of that Schedule, in each case be C1£5,000 instead of the limit specified in the enactments or instrument; and for references to the said limits in the said enactments and instrument there shall accordingly be substituted references to £5,000.
This section shall apply in relation to any nomination delivered at or sent to the appropriate office, or made in the appropriate book, after the expiration of a period of one month beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.
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Ss. 1, 2, so far as they relate to any enactment, have effect as if for references to £500 there were substituted references to £5,000 by virtue of S.I. 1975/1137, art. 3 and S.I. 1984/539, art. 2