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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2011/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/588",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-2011",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nFees to be taken\nColumn 1\nNumber and description of fee\nColumn 2\nAmount of fee\n1 Application for a grant\nOn an application for a grant (or for resealing a grant) other than on an application to which fee 3 applies, where the assessed value of the estate exceeds £5,000.\n£45\n2 Personal application fee\nWhere the application under fee 1 is made by a personal applicant (not being an application to which fee 3 applies) fee 2 is payable in addition to fee 1 where the assessed value of the estate exceeds £5,000.\n£60\n3 Special applications\n3.1 For a duplicate or second or subsequent grant (including one following a revoked grant) in respect of the same deceased person, other than a grant preceded only by a grant limited to settled land, to trust property, or to part of the estate.\n£20\n3.2 On an application for a grant relating to a death occurring on or after 20th March 2003 in respect of an estate exempt from inheritance tax by virtue of section 154 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (exemption for members of the armed forces etc).\n£10\n4 Caveats\nFor the entry or the extension of a caveat.\n£20\n5 Search\nOn an application for a standing search to be carried out in an estate, for each period of six months including the issue of a copy grant and will, if any (irrespective of the number of pages).\n£6\n6 Deposit of wills\nOn depositing a will for safe custody in the principal registry or a district registry.\n£20\n7 Inspection\nOn inspection of any will or other document retained by the registry (in the presence of an officer of the registry).\n£20\n8 Copy documents\nOn a request for a copy of any document whether or not provided as a certified copy:\n(a) for the first copy;\n£6\n(b) for every subsequent copy of the same document if supplied at the same time;\n£1\n(c) where copies of any document are made available on a computer disk or in other electronic form, for each such copy;\n£4\n(d) where a search of the index is required, in addition to fee 8(a), (b) or (c) as appropriate, for each period of 4 years searched after the first 4 years.\n£4\n9 Oaths\nExcept on a personal application for a grant, for administering an oath:\n9.1 for each deponent to each affidavit;\n£6\n9.2 for marking each exhibit.\n£2\n10 Determination of costs\nFor determining costs.\nThe same fees as are payable from time to time for determining costs under the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008, (the relevant fees are set out in fee 5 in Schedule 1 to that Order)\n11 Settling documents\nFor perusing and settling citations, advertisements, oaths, affidavits, or other documents, for each document settled.\n£12\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.51."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
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