9Spouses as beneficiaries

#### 9 Spouses as beneficiaries 9 Spouses as beneficiaries > Spouses (including a husband and wife) are to be treated as two separate persons for the purposes of the construction of a will, trust, or other instrument in relation to a gift or other disposition of real or personal property to the spouses, unless a contrary intention appears. > > **s 9:** Am 2018 No 28, Sch 6 \[2\].