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Section 4 Time-limit for applications.

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • s. 25 (defns. of "former wife" and "former husband") amended (prosp.) by Family Law Act 1996 s. 66(1) Sch. 8 Pt. 1 para. 27(8)

An application for an order under section 2 of this Act shall not, except with the permission of the court, be made after the end of the period of six months from the date on which representation with respect to the estate of the deceased is first taken out F1(but nothing prevents the making of an application before such representation is first taken out).

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F1

Words in s. 4 inserted (1.10.2014) by Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 (c. 16), s. 12(2), Sch. 2 para. 6 (with s. 12(4)); S.I. 2014/2039, art. 2