{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-38/rule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-38/rule-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/38/rule/1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Lodgment of accounts by representatives of a deceased person",
  "text": "(1) Accounts lodged in accordance with Article 17 of the Order shall set out—\n(a) particulars of the property or assets which the testator or intestate died possessed of or entitled to;\n(b) the amount, produce and value of such property and assets respectively;\n(c) the amounts and particulars of the debts due by the testator or intestate;\n(d) the amounts, and particulars of the debts, legacies and funeral and testamentary expenses of the testator or intestate paid by or on account of the executor or administrator;\nand shall show the balance applicable to the purposes of the will of the testator or, as the case may be, distributable amongst the next-of-kin of the intestate, or the property or the chattels then undisposed of.\n(2) The accounts shall be signed by the executor or administrator and verified on oath by the executor or administrator.\n(3) The accounts shall be lodged in the Office within one month from the date when he has been required in writing to do so by any person entitled so to require under Article 17 of the Order within such extended time as the chief clerk may direct.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/38/rule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}