# Civil Partnership Act 2004, Paragraph 5


In 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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/28/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/schedule-28/paragraph-5
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