{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977-amendment-order-1983/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977-amendment-order-1983/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/1374",
  "legislation_title": "The Intestate Succession (Interest and Capitalisation) Order 1977 (Amendment) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestate-succession-interest-and-capitalisation-order-1977-amendment-order-1983",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "The estate of an intestate is charged with a fixed sum (the statutory legacy) in favour of the surviving spouse. Article 2 of the Intestate Succession (Interest and Capitalisation) Order 1977 fixes the rate of interest on the statutory legacy until it is paid or appropriated at 7%. Article 2 of this Order alters that rate to 6%.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/1374/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:57:32.867054+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."
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