Explanatory note

These Rules, with effect from 7th December 2004, amend the definition of “probate practitioner” in rule 2 of the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 (S.I. 1987/2024) so that a probate practitioner means a person to whom section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 (c. 47) does not apply by virtue of either section 23(2) of that Act or section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41). Section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 provides that persons may be granted exemption from the provisions of section 23(1) of the Solicitors Act 1974 by an approved body and gives the circumstances in which such exemption will be granted.