SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 28Consequential amendments: Scotland
Part 4Miscellaneous amendments
Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 27)
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1
Amend section 1(3) (jurisdiction of Court of Session to entertain action of declarator) as follows.
2
In paragraph (b)(i), after “spouse” insert “
or civil partner
”
.
3
After paragraph (b) insert
; or
c
in a case where the pursuer in the action is the civil partner of the missing person, the following conditions are met—
i
the two people concerned registered as civil partners of each other in Scotland; and
ii
it appears to the court to be in the interests of justice to assume jurisdiction in the case.