{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-and-trustees-powers-act-2014/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-and-trustees-powers-act-2014/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/16",
  "legislation_title": "Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-and-trustees-powers-act-2014",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Adoption and contingent interests",
  "text": "(1) In section 69 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (rules of interpretation for instruments concerning property), in subsection (4)—\n(a) omit “or” after paragraph (a), and\n(b) after paragraph (b) insert\n“, or\n(c) any contingent interest (other than a contingent interest in remainder) which the adopted person has immediately before the adoption in the estate of a deceased parent, whether testate or intestate.”\n(2) The amendments made by subsection (1) have effect only in relation to adoptions whose date is the day this section comes into force or later.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 4 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2039, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/16/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:39.948228+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}