{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2009/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2009/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1497",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2009",
  "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 (S.I. 2004/3120 (L.22)) as follows:\n(a) Schedule 1A is replaced by an amended Schedule 1A so that the provisions for remission and part-remission of fees are consistent with those that apply in other court fee orders.\n(b) it increases the amounts that may be deducted from a party’s gross monthly income for living expenses. The amount that a party may deduct rises from £296 to £315. The amount for each child of the party rises from £228 to £244 and the amount that may be deducted if the party has a partner rises from £150 to £159.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1497/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:10:59.652237+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."
}