{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/rule-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/rule-34.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2024",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987",
  "path": "rule/34",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Renunciation of the right of a minor to a grant",
  "text": "(1) The right of a minor executor to probate on attaining the age of eighteen years may not be renounced by any person on his behalf.\n(2) The right of a minor to administration may be renounced only by a person appointed under paragraph (2) of rule 32, and authorised by the district judge or registrar to renounce on behalf of the minor.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 34(2) substituted (14.10.1991) by The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1991 (S.I. 1991/1876), rules 1(1), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 34(2) inserted (14.10.1991) by The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1991 (S.I. 1991/1876), rules 1(1), 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 34 in force at 1.1.1988, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2024/rule/34",
    "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."
}