Paragraph 5 Estates of deceased persons
Where a person has died who was qualified to make an application under the Order, an application may be made in respect of a claim on behalf of his estate notwithstanding that there is no personal representative, by any person who–
has taken out a grant of probate or administration in respect of that estate in any part of the Commonwealth other than the United Kingdom; or
is named as an executor in the last will of the deceased person; or
appears to the Commission to be the widower, widow, child, grandchild, parent, brother or sister of the deceased person:
Provided that–
the Commission shall not accept more than one application on behalf of the same estate;
the Commission may at any time as regards any applicant require a grant of probate or administration to be obtained in the United Kingdom and may set a time limit within which such grant of probate or administration shall be obtained and produced to the Commission;
upon the obtaining of such a grant the person to whom it is made, if not already an applicant, shall be substituted as applicant by order of the Commission on his signing all appropriate forms.
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