{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011/rule-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011/rule-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1734",
  "legislation_title": "The Court Funds Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-funds-rules-2011",
  "path": "rule/25",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Payment of funeral expenses",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies where a person who is entitled to a fund in court and subject to an order of the Court of Protection dies.\n(2) The Accountant General shall make a payment from the fund in court of the deceased to a funeral director in respect of reasonable funeral expenses if provided with either—\n(a) (i) a funeral invoice; and\n(ii) a written request from—\n(aa) an executor of the deceased’s estate; or\n(bb) if the deceased died intestate, the person who arranged the funeral; or\n(b) where rule 22A(1) applies—\n(i) an electronic copy of the funeral invoice; and\n(ii) an electronic request from—\n(aa) an executor of the deceased’s estate; or\n(bb) if the deceased died intestate, the person who arranged the funeral.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 25(2) substituted (27.10.2023) by The Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/987), rules 1(1), 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 25 in force at 3.10.2011, see rule 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1734/rule/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:39.847492+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."
}