{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/rule-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-contentious-probate-rules-1987/rule-51.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/51",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Grants to part of an estate under section 113 of the Act",
  "text": "An application for an order for a grant under section 113 of the Act to part of an estate may be made to a district judge or registrar, and shall be supported by an affidavit or a witness statement setting out the grounds of the application, and\n(a) stating whether the estate of the deceased is known to be insolvent; and\n(b) showing how any person entitled to a grant in respect of the whole estate in priority to the applicant has been cleared off.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 51 inserted (14.10.1991) by The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1991 (S.I. 1991/1876), rules 1(1), 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 51 inserted (2.11.2020) by The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/1059), rules 1(1), 4(3)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 51 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/51",
    "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."
}