# The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 1987

S.I. 1987/1176 · made 30 June 1987

This Order substitutes a fixed fee of £150 for the ad valorem charge of £2.50 per £1,000 or part thereof in respect of estates with an assessed value exceeding £40,000 and not exceeding £70,000.

Made under: Senior Courts Act 1981 (Section 130)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-1987/pdf/uksi_19871176_en.pdf

## Introductory text

SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
FEES
Made 30th June 1987
Laid before Parliament 10th July 1987
Coming into force 1st August 1987
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 130 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, and with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Family Division, the Vice-Chancellor and the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 1st August 1987.

## 2 

For paragraph 1(a) of the Schedule to the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 1981 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—
“(a) if the assessed value
does not exceed £10,000…No fee
exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £25,000…40.00
exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £40,000…80.00
exceeds £40,000 but does not exceed £70,000…150.00
exceeds £70,000 but does not exceed £100,000…2.50 per £1,000
or part thereof”.

## 3 

The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 1983 is hereby revoked.

## Signature

Havers, C.
Dated 30th June 1987
We concur,
Lane, C.J.,
John F. Donaldson, M.R.,
John Arnold, P.,
Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, V-C.
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Michael Neubert
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order substitutes a fixed fee of £150 for the ad valorem charge of £2.50 per £1,000 or part thereof in respect of estates with an assessed value exceeding £40,000 and not exceeding £70,000.

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