Section 5 Adopted person to be treated as child of natural parents for the purposes of succession in certain circumstances.

Notwithstanding section 23(1) of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (adopted person to be treated for the purposes of sucession as the child of the adopter), where the adopter of an adopted person has died before 10th September 1964, the adopted person shall be treated for the purposes of succession to the estate of a natural parent, who dies after the commencementof this Act, as the child of that parent.

In the foregoing subsection, in relation to a person adopted jointly by spouses any reference, however worded, to the death of an adopter shall be construed as a reference to the death of both spouses: and other expressions shall have the same meaning as in Part IV of the M1 Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.