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The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2013

S.I. 2013/1408 · Made 6 June 2013

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Senior Courts Of England And Wales

Made 6th June 2013

Laid before Parliament 10th June 2013

Coming into force 1st July 2013

The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 92 of the Courts Act 2003f1.

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of that Act, the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2003 c. 39. Section 92 was amended by section 15(1) of and paragraphs 308 and 345 of Schedule 4, Part 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and by section 59(5) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11, Part 2 to that Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004
  3. 3Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.

2Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004

The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004f1 is amended as follows.

3Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004

In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken), in fee 8(c), in column 2, for “£4” substitute “£6”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Helen Grant

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

5th June 2013

We consent,

David Evennett

Desmond Swayne

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

6th June 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3120). It increases the fee for copies of any document which are made available on a computer disk or in other electronic form from £4 to £6 for each copy.