Clause 10

by deleting section 12 and substituting the following section:“Posthumous children12.—

A reference in Part X to the status or description of a parent of a person at the time of the person’s birth shall, in the case of a parent who died before the birth of the person, be read as a reference to the status or description of the parent at the time of the parent’s death.(2) Where the death of a parent of a person occurred before and the birth of the person occurred on or after 16th September 1963, the status or description that would have been applicable to the parent by virtue of subsection (1) if the parent had died after that date shall be deemed to be the status or description applicable to the parent at the time of the parent’s death.”;

by deleting the words “and accordingly section 12 shall not apply to such a person” in section 15(1); and

by deleting the words “6 months” in section 16(a) and (b) and substituting in each case the words “12 months”.