{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-to-small-estates-scotland-order-1999/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-to-small-estates-scotland-order-1999/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/290",
  "legislation_title": "The Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-to-small-estates-scotland-order-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order increases from £17,000 to £25,000 the limit of value of a deceased person’s estate at or below which confirmation of executors may be obtained by the simplified procedures prescribed by the Intestates Widows and Children (Scotland) Act 1875 (for small intestate estates) and by the Small Testate Estates (Scotland) Act 1876 (for small testate estates). The previous Order increasing the limit is revoked.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/290/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:08:58.768565+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."
}