{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/63",
  "legislation_title": "Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inheritance-provision-for-family-and-dependants-act-1975",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time-limit for applications.",
  "text": "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 (but nothing prevents the making of an application before such representation is first taken out).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended (prosp.)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1996/27",
      "affecting_title": "Family Law Act 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/63/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:36:30.615081+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."
}