{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-amendment-rules-1998/rule-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1903",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-amendment-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987",
  "text": "In paragraph (1) of rule 2—\n(a) in the defintion of “personal applicant”, the words “or probate practitioner” shall be inserted after the word “solicitor”; and\n(b) the following definition shall be inserted after the definition of “personal applicant”—\n““probate practitioner” means a person to whom section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 does not apply by virtue of section 23(2) of that Act.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 47. Section 23 was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (c. 61), section 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1903/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:54.885158+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."
}