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Succession (Scotland) Act 1973

1973 c. 25 · Enacted 23 May 1973 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to increase the amounts of the sums payable to a surviving spouse under sections 8 and 9 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 and to empower the Secretary of State by order further to increase such amounts.

[23rd May 1973]C1

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Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Contents

  1. 1Amendment of sections 8 and 9 of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.
  2. 2Short title.

1Amendment of sections 8 and 9 of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.C1

(1)

In the case of a person dying after the commencement of this Act—

(a)

section 8 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 M1 (prior rights of surviving spouse, on intestacy, in dwelling house and furinture) shall apply as if—

(i)

for the words “£15,000” in subsection (1)(a) and (b) there were substituted the words “£30,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Secretary of State” ;

(ii)

for the words “£5,000” in subsection (3)(a) and (b) there were substituted the words “£8,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Secretary of State” ;

(b)

section 9 of the said Act of 1964 (prior right of surviving spouse to financial provision of inestacy) shall apply as if—

(i)

for the words “£2,500, or” in subsection (1)(a) there were substituted the words “£4,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by oder of the Secretary of State, or” ;

(ii)

for the words “£5,000” in subsection (1)(b) there were substituted the words “£8,000 or such larger amount as may from time to time be fixed by oder of the Secretary of State” ;

(iii)

in the proviso to the said subsection (1) for the words from “of £2,500” to “£5,000” there were substituted the words “fixed by virtue of paragraph (a) of this subsection or the sum fixed by virtue of paragraph (b) of this subsection”.

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2Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Succession (Scotland) Act 1973