Transitional provisions relating to wills, and other instruments and to intestacies

(1) All dispositions made before the commencement of this Act shall be governed by the enactments and rules of law which would have applied to them if this Act had not been passed. (2) Where any disposition to which subsection (1) of this section applies creates a special power of appointment, nothing in this Act shall extend to the class of persons in whose favour the appointment may be made, or cause the exercise of the power to be construed so as to include any person who is not a member of that class. (3) The estates of all persons who have died intestate as to the whole or any part thereof before the commencement of this Act shall be distributed in accordance with enactments and rules of law which would have applied to them if this Act had not been passed. (4) In this section, “disposition” means a disposition, including an oral disposition, of real or personal property whether inter vivos or by will or codicil; and notwithstanding any rule of law, a disposition made by will or codicil and executed before the date of commencement of this Act shall, notwithstanding section 50 of the Wills Act, Cap. 203, not be treated for the purposes of this section as made on or after that date by reason only that the will or codicil is confirmed by a codicil executed on or after that date.