Commentary on Sections Schedule 28 – Consequential amendments: Scotland Part 1 – Amendments of the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)
1067.The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 sets out the rights that spouses have under the law of succession (i.e. the law which governs how property is, on the death of its owner, handed over to those who succeed to it). This section amends references to spouses throughout the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 to include reference to civil partners. This, coupled with section 131, has the effect of providing civil partners with the same rights of succession as spouses.