{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/55",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prior rights in estate of deceased person.",
  "text": "In the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964—\n(a) in section 9(1) (prior right of surviving spouse to financial provision on intestacy), after the words “at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum” there shall be inserted the words “ , or at such rate as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Secretary of State, ”; and\n(b) after section 9 there shall be inserted the following section—\n“ Provisions supplementary to ss. 8 and 9.\n9A —Any order of the Secretary of State, under section 8 or 9 of this Act, fixing an amount or rate—\n(a) shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and\n(b) shall have effect in relation to the estate of any person dying after the coming into force of the order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of ss. 2(3), 4, 5, 7–10, 13–16, 17(4), 19, 21, 22(1)(a)(b)(d), 24, Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/55/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:07.643842+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."
}