# The Colonial Probates Act Application Order 1965

S.I. 1965/1530 · made 3 August 1965

The Colonial Probates Act 1892 provides for the recognition by courts in the United Kingdom of Probates and Letters of Administration granted by courts in those countries or territories in the Commonwealth to which the Act has been applied by Order in Council.

## Introductory text

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES
Made 3rd August 1965
Laid before Parliament 9th August 1965
Coming into Operation 10th August 1965
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of August 1965
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that the legislatures of the countries and territories specified in Schedule 1 hereto have made adequate provision for the recognition of Probates and Letters of Administration granted by courts within the United Kingdom:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers by the Colonial Probates Act 1892, the Colonial Probates (Protected States and Mandated Territories) Act 1927, the Foreign Jurisdiction Acts 1890 and 1913 or otherwise in Her Majesty is vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Colonial Probates Act Application Order 1965 and shall come into operation on 10th August 1965.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Order as it applies for the purposes of interpreting an Act of Parliament.

## 2 Application of Act

The Colonial Probates Act 1892 shall apply to the countries and territories specified in Schedule 1 to this Order.

## 3 Revocation

The Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.

## Signature

W. G. Agnew

## Schedule 1 

Aden
Alberta
Antigua
Australian Capital Territory
Bahamas
Barbados
Basutoland
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Columbia
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Solomon Islands Protectorate
British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus
Brunei
Cayman Islands
Ceylon
Christmas Island (Australian)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cyprus (Republic)
Dominica
Falkland Islands Colony
Falkland Islands Dependencies
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Grenada
Hong Kong
Jamaica
Kenya
Manitoba
Malawi
Malaysia
Montserrat
New Brunswick
New Guinea (Trust Territory)
New South Wales
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Nigeria
Norfolk Island
Northern Territory of Australia
North-West Territories of Canada
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Papua
Prince Edward Island
Queensland
St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla
St. Helena
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Saskatchewan
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Australia
Southern Rhodesia
Swaziland Protectorate
Tanzania
Tasmania
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Uganda
Victoria
Virgin Islands
Western Australia
Zambia

## Schedule 2 Orders Revoked

Date on which Order made
Countries or territories to which Order applied
References
30th January 1893
New South Wales, Victoria, New Zealand, Gibraltar and British Honduras.
Rev. I, p. 22: 1893, p. 1.
15th March 1893
Hong Kong, Western Australia and Ontario.
Rev. I, p. 23: 1893, p. 2.
16th May 1893
British Guiana, the Gold Coast, South Australia and the Straits Settlements.
Rev. I, p. 23: 1893, p. 3.
23rd November 1893
Bahama Islands.
Rev. I, p. 24: 1893, p. 4.
29th January 1894
Barbados and Tasmania.
S.R. & O. 1894/73 (Rev. I, p. 24: 1894, p. 1).
30th April 1894
Fiji.
S.R. & O. 1894/117 (Rev. I, p. 25: 1894, p. 2).
27th June 1894
Trinidad and Tobago.
S.R. & O. 1894/160 (Rev. I, p. 25: 1894, p. 3).
18th July 1894
Jamaica.
S.R. & O. 1894/178 (Rev. I, p. 26: 1894, p. 4).
3rd October 1895
Falkland Islands.
S.R. & O. 1895/405 (Rev. I, p. 27: 1895, p. 2).
6th March 1896
Leeward Islands and Dominica.
S.R. & O. 1896/194 (Rev. I, p. 27: 1896, p. 1).
26th October 1896
British Columbia.
S.R. & O. 1896/960 (Rev. I, p. 28: 1896, p. 2).
26th October 1896
Nova Scotia.
S.R. & O. 1896/961 (Rev. I, p. 28: 1896, p. 3).
27th November 1896
Manitoba.
S.R. & O. 1896/1083 (Rev. I, p. 29: 1896, p. 4).
18th May 1897
North-West Territories of the Dominion of Canada.
S.R. & O. 1897/556 (Rev. I, p. 29: 1897, p. 1).
3rd February 1898
Grenada.
S.R. & O. 1898/124 (Rev. I, p. 30: 1898, p. 1).
19th May 1898
St. Vincent.
S.R. & O. 1898/412 (Rev. I, p. 30: 1898, p. 2).
19th May 1899
Queensland.
S.R. & O. 1899/449 (Rev. I, p. 31: 1899 II, p. 1415).
29th January 1900
St. Helena.
S.R. & O. 1900/88 (Rev. I, p. 31: 1900, p. 1).
20th May 1903
Newfoundland.
S.R. & O. 1903/414 (Rev. I, p. 32: 1903 I, p. 2).
11th February 1913
Alberta and Saskatchewan.
S.R. & O. 1913/214 (Rev. I, p. 32: 1913 I, p. 1).
30th September 1914
Papua.
S.R. & O. 1914/1473 (Rev. I, p. 34: 1914 I, p. 2).
30th March 1916
Sierra Leone Colony.
S.R. & O. 1916/273 (Rev. I, p. 34: 1916 I, p. 1).
30th March 1916
Sierra Leone and Uganda Protectorates.
S.R. & O. 1916/274 (Rev. I, p. 35: 1916 I, p. 357).
30th March 1916
Zanzibar Protectorate.
S.R. & O. 1916/275 (Rev. I, p. 35: 1916 I, p. 360).
7th September 1916
Nyasaland Protectorate.
S.R. & O. 1916/622 (Rev. I, p. 36: 1916 I, p. 356).
6th November 1916
East Africa, Bechuanaland, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and Swaziland Protectorates.
S.R. & O. 1916/818 (Rev. I, p. 37: 1916 I, p. 354).
17th July 1917
Saint Lucia.
S.R. & O. 1917/745 (Rev. I, p. 38: 1917, p. 1).
8th May 1919
Bermudas or Somers Islands.
S.R. & O. 1919/670 (Rev. I, p. 39: 1919 I, p. 1).
17th May 1920
Nigeria Colony.
S.R. & O. 1920/887 (Rev. I, p. 39: 1920 I, p. 2).
17th May 1920
Nigeria Protectorate.
S.R. & O. 1920/888 (Rev. I, p. 40: 1920 I, p. 665).
13th August 1920
Ashanti.
S.R. & O. 1920/1663 (Rev. I, p. 41: 1920 I, p. 1).
14th February 1921
Gambia Colony.
S.R. & O. 1921/263 (Rev. I, p. 41: 1921, p. 1).
22nd December 1921
Ceylon.
S.R. & O. 1921/2003 (Rev. I, p. 42: 1921, p. 2).
15th June 1928
Federated Malay States.
S.R. & O. 1928/496 (Rev. I, p. 42: 1928, p. 1).
7th May 1929
Tanganyika Territory.
S.R. & O. 1929/393 (Rev. I, p. 45: 1929, p. 3).
27th February 1930
Western Samoa.
S.R. & O. 1930/123 (Rev. I, p. 46: 1930, p. 2).
28th July 1930
Johore.
S.R. & O. 1930/654 (Rev. I, p. 47: 1930, p. 1).
21st July 1932
Norfolk Island.
S.R. & O. 1932/605 (Rev. I, p. 47: 1932, p. 1).
31st January 1936
Basutoland.
S.R. & O. 1936/78 (Rev. I, p. 48: 1936 I, p. 8).
17th November 1939
Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Trengganu, Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak.
S.R. & O. 1939/1701 (Rev. I, p. 48: 1939 I, p. 1).
17th November 1939
British Solomon Islands and Gambia Protectorates, Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, Somaliland Protectorate, Cameroons and Togoland under British Mandate.
S.R. & O. 1939/1702 (Rev. I, p. 50: 1939 I, p. 2).
17th November 1939
Aden, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cyprus, Seychelles and Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
S.R. & O. 1939/1703 (Rev. I, p. 51: 1939 I, p. 4).
21st December 1950
New Brunswick.
S.I. 1950/2097 (1950 I, p. 1).

## Explanatory note

The Colonial Probates Act 1892 provides for the recognition by courts in the United Kingdom of Probates and Letters of Administration granted by courts in those countries or territories in the Commonwealth to which the Act has been applied by Order in Council.
This Order consolidates in one Order, taking account of constitutional and nominal changes, the provisions of previous Order applying the Act, except that it also applies the Act to the Australian Capital Territory, the British Antarctic Territory, the Falkland Islands Dependencies, the Northern Territory of Australia, Prince Edward Island and the Trust Territory of New Guinea and does not apply it to Western Samoa, the former Somaliland Protectorate (now part of Somalia) or the former Southern Cameroons (now part of the Republic of Cameroon).

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