{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-13C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-13C.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/1899",
  "legislation_title": "The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wills-and-administration-proceedings-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/13C",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13C",
  "heading": "Effect on subsisting will of conversion of civil partnership into marriage",
  "text": "(1) The conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage does not—\n(a) revoke any will made by a party to the civil partnership before the conversion; or\n(b) affect any disposition in such a will.\n(2) The conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage does not affect any previous application of Article 13A(2) to (6) to—\n(a) a will made by a party to the civil partnership before the conversion; or\n(b) a disposition in such a will.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to paragraph (4).\n(4) Any reference in a will to a civil partnership or civil partners (howsoever expressed) is to be read in relation to any civil partnership that has been converted into a marriage, or civil partners who have converted their civil partnership into a marriage, as referring to that marriage or married couple, as appropriate.\n(5) Paragraph (4) is subject to any contrary intention appearing from the will.\n(6) In this Article “conversion” means—\n(a) the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under Part 3 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020;\n(b) the conversion of a civil partnership into a marriage under Part 2, 3 or 4 of the Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Conversion of Civil Partnership) Regulations 2014; or\n(c) the changing of a civil partnership into a marriage under—\n(i) the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977;\n(ii) the Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014; or\n(iii) Part 5 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 13C, 13D inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 41(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/1899/article/13C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:37.123327+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."
}