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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-25",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1979/1575",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Official copies of wills and certificates of grants",
  "text": "(1) An official copy of a will, or a certificate of a grant, may be obtained from the Probate and Matrimonial Office.\n(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 4(2)( b) of the Administration of Estates Act 1971 1971 c.25 (evidence of Northern Ireland grants in England and Wales and in Scotland), an official copy of a will shall be sufficient evidence of the will, and a certificate of a grant shall be sufficient evidence of the grant.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:44.616098+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}