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Married Women's Policies of Assurance (Scotland) (Amendment) Act 1980

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 7 Cited in Amendments 8 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1980 c. 56
(a) for the words from the beginning to “for the benefit of his wife and children” there were substituted the words “ A policy of assurance effected by a man or woman on his or her own life, and expressed upon the face of it to be for the benefit of his or her spouse or children, or his or her spouse and children, or any of them, shall together with all benefit thereof, be deemed a trust for their benefit; ”;(b) after the words “him” or “his” wherever occurring there were inserted the words “ or her ”;(c) at the end there were added the following paragraph—
    In this section—“spouse” includes a person, named in the policy as a beneficiary, who becomes the spouse of the person effecting the policy; and“children” includes children that the person effecting the policy has or may have, including his or her illegitimate or adopted children, but does not include children of his or her spouse and another person, unless they have been adopted by the person effecting the policy.
.that trust constitutes a trust within the meaning of the any person in whom such a policy vests is a trustee within the meaning of that Act.exercise any option under the policy, or under any deed of trust or other document constituting a trust in relation to the policy;convert the policy to a partially or a fully paid-up assurance;convert the policy into any other form of assurance on the life of the person effecting the policy;increase or reduce the amount of the annual premiums payable under the policy;alter the period during which the premiums under the policy are payable;surrender the policy.(3) A policy of assurance is not prevented from vesting in any such

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