{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1973/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1973/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/25",
  "legislation_title": "Succession (Scotland) Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1973",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Amendment of sections 8 and 9 of Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a person dying after the commencement of this Act—\n(a) section 8 of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (prior rights of surviving spouse, on intestacy, in dwelling house and furinture) shall apply as if—\n(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” ;\n(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” ;\n(b) section 9 of the said Act of 1964 (prior right of surviving spouse to financial provision of inestacy) shall apply as if—\n(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” ;\n(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” ;\n(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”.\n2),(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(3) repealed by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 72:2), s. 28(2), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 1(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted : it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/25/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:37.074090+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."
}