Article 2 Amendment of legislation

In each of the following provisions of the Intestates Widows and Children (Scotland) Act 1875^f1, namely:–

(a)

section 3 (confirmation to small intestate estate);

(b)

Schedule A (form of inventory and relative declaration); and

(c)

Schedule B (form of confirmation),

for the words “£17,000” there shall be substituted the words “£25,000”.

Annotations

f1: 1875 c. 41; section 3 was amended by the Small Estates (Representation) Act 1961 (c. 37), section 1(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 1(1), by the Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), section 12(1) and Schedule 2, Part I and by the Finance Act 1975 (c. 7), sections 52(2), 59(5) and Schedule 13, Part I; section 3 was further amended and Schedules A and B were amended by the Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 22), section 1(1), by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40), sections 74(1), 75(2) and Schedule 8 paragraphs 24(1)(a), 24(1)(b) and Schedule 9 and S.I. 1989/289.