{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 24th November 1987\nLaid before Parliament 10th December 1987\nComing into force 1st January 1988\nThe President of the Family Division, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 127 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, and section 2(5) of the Colonial Probates Act 1892, and with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Rules modified in part (1.1.1992) by The Solicitors' Incorporated Practices Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2684), arts. 1, 4, 5, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1981 c. 54."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1892 c. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2024/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:17:08.535192+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."
}