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Law of Property Act 2000
188Unborn spouse
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188 Unborn spouse
The surviving spouse of a person who is a life in being for the
purposes of the rule against perpetuities must be treated as a life in
being for the purpose of the application of the rule to:
(a) a disposition in favour of that surviving spouse; and
(b) a disposition in favour of:
(i) a charity that attains;
(ii) a person who attains; or
(iii) a class the members of which attain,
according to the terms of the disposition, a vested interest on
or after:
(iv) the death of the survivor of a person who is a life in
being and the person's surviving spouse;
(v) the death of the person's surviving spouse; or
(vi) the happening of a contingency during the lifetime of the
person's surviving spouse.