Article 3 Amendment of legislation

In each of the following provisions of the Small Testate Estates (Scotland) Act 1876^f1, namely:–

(a)

section 3(confirmation to small testate estate); and

(b)

Schedule A (form of inventory and relative declaration),

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

Annotations

f1: 1876 c. 24; section 3 was amended by the Small Estates (Representation) Act 1961 (c. 37), section 1(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) and by the Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c. 25), section 12(1) and Schedule 2, Part I; section 3 was further amended and Schedule A was amended by the Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 22), section 1(2), by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40), sections 74(1), 75(2), Schedule 8, paragraphs 25(1)(b), 25(2)(a) to (d) and Schedule 9 and S.I. 1989/289.