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Article 3 Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004I1

United Kingdom

(1)

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

(2)

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

(a)

in entry 1 (on an application for a grant (or for resealing a grant) other than on an application to which fee 3 applies, where the assessed value of the estate exceeds £5,000), in column 2 (amount of fee), for “£300” substitute “£526”;

(b)

in entry 3.1 (for a duplicate or second or subsequent grant (including one following a revoked grant) in respect of the same deceased person, other than a grant preceded only by a grant limited to settled land, to trust property, or to part of the estate), in column 2, for “£21” substitute “£22”;

(c)

in entry 4 (for the entry or the extension of a caveat), for “£3” substitute “£4”;

(d)

in entry 5 (on an application for a standing search to be carried out in an estate, for each period of six months including the issue of a copy grant and will, if any (irrespective of the number of pages)), for “£3” substitute “£4”;

(e)

in entry 6 (on depositing a will for safe custody in the principal registry or a district registry), in column 2, for “£23” substitute “£24”;

(f)

in entry 7 (on inspection of any will or other document retained by the registry (in the presence of an officer of the registry)), in column 2, for “£23” substitute “£24”;

(g)

in entry 8 (copy documents), for columns 1 and 2 of entry (a) substitute—

“

(a) a copy of a document of a specific individual named in the request—
(i) where the request accompanies an application to which fee 1 or 3.1 applies;£2 (for each copy provided, whether or not as a sealed or certified copy)
(ii) in any other case;£16 (for each copy provided, whether or not as a sealed or certified copy)

”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 3 in force at 13.7.2026, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 2004/3120 (L. 22), amended by S.I. 2011/588, 2020/720, 2021/1451, 2024/476, 2025/351 and 2025/1126; there are other amendments not relevant to this instrument.