Marriage Act 2015
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Amendment of section 85 of Succession Act 1965 | ||
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17. Section 85 of the Succession Act 1965 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where the parties to a subsisting civil partnership with each other marry each other, a will made in contemplation of entry into the civil partnership or during the civil partnership by a testator who is a party to the marriage shall not be revoked by that marriage and a reference in the will to the testator’s civil partner shall be construed as a reference to the testator’s spouse.”. |