# Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979, Article 40: Liability of estate of personal representative


(1) Where a person ( “the defaulter”) as personal representative of a deceased person wastes or converts to his own use any part of the estate of the deceased person, and dies, the defaulter's personal representative shall to the extent of the available assets of the defaulter to be liable and chargeable in respect of that waste or conversion in the same manner as the defaulter would have been if living.
(2) In paragraph (1) “personal representative” where it first occurs includes an executor in his own wrong.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-40
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