{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-27.json",
  "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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Depositories of wills of living persons",
  "text": "(1) Safe and convenient depositories for the custody of wills of living persons shall be provided and managed in accordance with directions given by the Lord Chief Justice with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor.\n(2) The Lord Chief Justice may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under this Article—\n(a) the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;\n(b) a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 27 renumbered as art. 27(1) (temp. from 3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 131, 148, Sch. 5 para. 133(2)(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 27(1) substituted (temp. from 3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 131, 148, Sch. 5 para. 133(3)(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 27(2) inserted (temp. from 3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 131, 148, Sch. 5 para. 133(4)(5); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 12(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/27",
    "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."
}