Section 56 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976: Application to existing and future wills

56 Application to existing and future wills In the application of this Act to a spouse or partner who dies on or after 1 February 2002 and who has made a will, it does not matter whether the will was made before, on, or after that date. Sections 55 to 57 were repealed, and new Part 8 (comprising sections 55 to 95) and Part 9 (comprising sections 96 to 99) were inserted, as from 1 February 2002, by section 61 Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 5). See Part 9 of this Act as to the transitional and saving provisions. Section 56 was amended, as from 26 April 2005, by section 3(2) Property (Relationships) Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 19) by substituting the word “ partner ” for the words “ de facto partner ” .