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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1996 - SECT 7

Construction of dispositions of property made before 1 July 1977

7 Construction of dispositions of property made before 1 July 1977

(1) The following dispositions are to be construed as if the Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 and this Act had not been enacted:
(a) dispositions made inter vivos before 1 July 1977,
(b) dispositions made by will or codicil executed by a person who died before 1 July 1977.
(2) If any such disposition contains a special power of appointment, nothing in this Act:
(a) extends the class of persons in whose favour the appointment may be made, or
(b) causes the exercise of the power to be construed so as to include any person who is not a member of that class.



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