{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1915/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1915/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/5-6/89",
  "legislation_title": "Finance (No. 2) Act 1915",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-no-2-act-1915",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Procedure on death of person entitled to Government stock.",
  "text": "Where the holder of any Government stock dies, the production of probate, confirmation, or letters of administration granted by any court in the United Kingdom having authority to grant the same shall be sufficient authority to the Registrar of Government Stock, to the National Debt Commissioners, to the Director of Savings, to the Operator of any relevant system and to any savings bank authority to transfer the stock to the person to whom the probate, confirmation, or letters of administration were granted, or as directed by that person ; and in this section “Operator” and “relevant system” have the same meanings as they have in the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 substituted (1.7.2004) by Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1662), art. 1, Sch. para. 8 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 108(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3755, reg. 51, Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 3(a) (with regs. 39, 45)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 48 inserted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3755, reg. 51, Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 3(b) (with regs. 39, 45)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S.48 the definition of “Government stock” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c.12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 48 amended by Finance Act 1916 (c. 24), s. 67"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/5-6/89/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:18.515380+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."
}