Article 3 Fees payable in relation to non-contentious probate

The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004^f1 is amended as follows.

Before article 8 insert—

“Special exemption – emergency service personnel and armed forces

7A

No fee is payable on an application for a grant relating to an estate where reliefs apply under one of the following sections of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984^f2—

(a)

section 153A (death of emergency service personnel etc.);

(b)

section 154 (death on active service, etc.);

(c)

section 155A (death of constables and service personnel targeted because of their status).”.

In Schedule 1 for the entries relating to fee 8 (copy documents) substitute—

“

8 Copy documents
On a request for—
(a) a copy of a document of a specific individual named in the request;	£16 (for each copy provided, whether or not as a certified copy)
(b) copies of documents of individuals not named in the request, where the copies are made available in electronic form.	£1.50 (for each copy made available, whether or not as a certified copy)

”.