§ 9 (1) Amend section 6A (spouse dying within 28 days of intestate) as follows.
§ (2) After "spouse" (in each place) insert "or civil partner".
§ (3) In the sidenote to section 6A, after "Spouse" insert "or civil partner".
§ 10 (1) Amend section 7 (rights of surviving spouse) as follows.
§ (2) After "spouse" (in each place) insert "or civil partner".
§ (3) In subsection (7), after "husband" insert ", or of section (Effect of separation order) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004".
§ (4) In the sidenote to section 7, after "spouse" insert "or civil partner".
§ 11 In section 8 (rights of issue), after "spouse" insert "or civil partner".
§ 12 In section 9 (rights of parents), after "spouse" insert "or civil partner".
§ 13 In section 10 (rights of brothers and sisters and their issue), after "spouse" (in both places) insert "or civil partner".
§ 14 In section 11 (rights of next-of-kin), in subsection (1) after "neither spouse" insert "nor civil partner".
§ 15 In section 38 (power to appoint trustees of infant's property), in subsection (5) after "marries" insert ", or forms a civil partnership,".