Article 3 Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004

(1)

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

(2)

Omit article 6(3) (exemption relating to fee 7).

(3)

Omit article 7 (special exemption - armed forces).

(4)

In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken)^f2, in the table—

(a)

in the entry for fee 3.2 (on an application for a grant relating to a death occurring on or after 20th March 2003 in respect of an estate exempt from inheritance tax by virtue of section 154 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exemption for members of the armed forces etc)), in column 1 (number and description of fee)—

(i)

omit “occurring on or after 20th March 2003”;

(ii)

for “section 154 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exemption for members of the armed forces etc)” substitute “section 153A, 154 or 155A of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exemptions for emergency services personnel etc., members of the armed forces etc. and persons targeted because of their status as a constable or service personnel)^f3”;

(b)

in each entry relating to a fee listed in the table in Schedule 1 to this Order (“Table 1”), for the amount specified in column 2 (amount of fee) substitute the amount specified in column 3 of the corresponding entry in Table 1 (revised amount of fee).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2004/3120 (L. 22).
f2: Schedule 1 was substituted by S.I. 2011/588.
f3: 1984 c. 51. Sections 153A and 155A were inserted by section 75(2) and (4) of the Finance Act 2015 (c. 11) respectively. Section 154 was amended by section 75(3) of the Finance Act 2015 and paragraph 99 of Schedule 16 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52).