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.