Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996

Abatement and postponement of probate tax on property the subject of an order under section 18 .

36.—Subsection (1) of section 115A of the Finance Act, 1993 (which was inserted by the Finance Act, 1994 , and provides for the abatement or postponement of probate tax payable by a surviving spouse)—

(a) shall apply to a spouse in whose favour an order has been made under section 18 as it applies to a spouse referred to in the said section 115A, and

(b) shall apply to property or an interest in property the subject of such an order as it applies to the share of a spouse referred to in the said section 115A in the estate of a deceased referred to in that section or the interest of such a spouse in property referred to in that section,

with any necessary modifications.