{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1217",
  "legislation_title": "The Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Order 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order is made under the Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Act, 1865.\nIt consolidates the previous Order of 28th December, 1865; and subsequent amending Orders, and sets out the current regulations for:—\n(a) the deposit with the Admiralty of wills of seamen and marines;\n(b) the disposal by the Admiralty of the naval assets of deceased officers, seamen, marines, pensioners, civil servants and other persons; and\n(c) the disposal by the Admiralty of medals and decorations of deceased officers, seamen and marines.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1217/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:18:02.365563+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."
}