Section 20 Creditor administering not entitled to claim property.
A creditor, as such, shall not be deemed a person entitled to take out representation to the deceased within the meaning of this Act or to pay or secure the preferential charges; nor shall a creditor taking out representation be entitled as representative of the deceased to claim from a paymaster or the Secretary of State any part of the property of the deceased.
Notes on the whole Act
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Short title substituted (6.5.2009) by virtue of Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), s. 383(2), Sch. 16 para. 10; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 3(b)