{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/688",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-fees-order-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exclusion of certain death gratuities",
  "text": "In determining the value of any personal estate for the purposes of this Order there shall be excluded the value of a death gratuity payable under section 17(2) of the Judicial Pensions Act 1981 or section 4(3) of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993, or payable to the personal representatives of a deceased civil servant by virtue of a scheme made under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1972 c. 11; amended by section 8(1) and (2) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) and paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/688/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:17.448617+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."
}