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Amendment of section 3 of Act of 1965.
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69.— Section 3(1) of the Act of 1965 is amended—
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(a) by inserting the following definition:
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“ ‘civil partner’ has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010;”,
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and
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(b) by substituting the following for the definition of “legal right”:
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“ ‘legal right’ means—
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(a) the right of a spouse under section 111 to a share in the estate of a deceased person, and
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(b) the right of a civil partner under section 111A to a share in the estate of a deceased person;”.
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