{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2854",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 as follows:\n(a) in fee 10, the reference to the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2004 is updated to refer to the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008;\n(b) amends the definition of “party” in Schedule 1A, so that it refers to “individual” rather than “party”, in order that fee remissions do not apply to companies, partnerships or charities; and\n(c) the fixed deductions in sub-paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 1A are updated so that they are consistent with the fixed allowances other court fee orders.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2854/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:31.371442+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."
}