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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-judicature-non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/11",
  "legislation_title": "The Court of Judicature (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-judicature-non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Court of Judicature (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 104) to increase the fees to be taken in non-contentious probate proceedings over a three year period (10% increase effective from 1 April 2017, 7.5% increase effective from 1 April 2018 with a further 5% increase effective from 1 April 2019). The Order also updates the qualifying benefits for the purpose of exemptions from fees in consequence of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThe Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 has been renamed the Court of Judicature (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 as a consequence of the renaming of the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland by virtue of section 59 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.\nAn Explanatory Memorandum and a Regulatory Impact Assessment have been produced and are available from Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, Central Management Team, Laganside House, 23-27 Oxford Street, Belfast BT1 3LA or online alongside this Statutory Rule at http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/11/note",
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  "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."
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