# Forestry Act 1967, Paragraph 12


Where on the death of a person to whom paragraph 9 above applies any sum not exceeding £5,000 is due to that person or his legal personal representative in respect of salary, wages or superannuation benefits, then, subject to any regulations made by the Treasury, probate or other proof of the title of the legal personal representatives may be dispensed with, and the said sum may be paid or distributed to or among the persons appearing to the Commissioners to be beneficially entitled to the personal estate of the deceased person, or to or among any one or more of those persons, or, in the case of the illegitimacy of the deceased person or any of his children, to or among such persons as the Commissioners may think fit, and the Commissioners or other person responsible for the payment of any such sum shall be discharged from all liability in respect of any such payment or distribution.
This paragraph shall be included among the provisions with respect to which the Treasury may make an order under section 6(1) of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965 substituting for references to £5,000 such higher amount as may be specified in the order.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/10/schedule/1/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-act-1967/schedule-1/paragraph-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.