# The District Probate Registries Order 1982

S.I. 1982/379 · made 25 February 1982

This Order restates, without change of substance, the scheme for the establishment of district probate registries as set out in Schedule 2 to the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c.49) as continued by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Supreme Court Act 1981. It also restates certain provisions relating to the establishment of district probate registries previously contained in the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1954 (S.I. 1954/796).

## Introductory text

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
OFFICERS AND OFFICES
Made 25th February 1982
Laid in Parliament 23rd March 1982
Coming into Operation 20th April 1982
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 104 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, hereby makes the following Order:—

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the District Probate Registries Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 20th April 1982.

## 2 

District probate registries shall be established at the places specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

## 3 

District probate sub-registries shall be established at the places specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, and each sub-registry shall be attached to and under the control of the registrar of the district probate registry appearing opposite it in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

## 4 

Every district probate registrar shall arrange for an officer of a district probate registry or of a district probate sub-registry to attend, for the purpose of personal applications for a grant of probate or administration, at such places and such times as may be specified by the Lord Chancellor, and any such place may be styled a probate office.

## 5 

The District Probate Registries Order 1968 and the District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 1981 are hereby revoked.

## Signature

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C
Dated 25th February 1982

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Column 1
Column 2
District Probate Registries
Sub-registries
Birmingham
Stoke-on-Trent
Brighton
Maidstone
Bristol
Bodmin, Exeter
Ipswich
Norwich, Peterborough
Leeds
Lincoln, Sheffield
Liverpool
Chester, Lancaster
Llandaff (Probate Registry of Wales)
Bangor, Carmarthen, Gloucester
Manchester
Nottingham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Carlisle, Middlesbrough, York
Oxford
Leicester
Winchester

## Explanatory note

This Order restates, without change of substance, the scheme for the establishment of district probate registries as set out in Schedule 2 to the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c.49) as continued by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Supreme Court Act 1981. It also restates certain provisions relating to the establishment of district probate registries previously contained in the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1954 (S.I. 1954/796).

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/district-probate-registries-order-1982
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