Section 125 Copies of wills and grants.
England and Wales
An office copy, or a sealed and certified copy, of any will or part of a will open to inspection under section 124 or of any grant may, on payment of F1the fee prescribed by an order under section 92 of the Courts Act 2003 (fees), be obtained—
from the registry in which in accordance with section 124 the will or documents relating to the grant are preserved; or
where in accordance with that section the will or such documents are preserved in some place other than a registry, from the Principal Registry; or
subject to the approval of the Senior Registrar of the Family Division, from the Principal Registry in any case where the will was proved in or the grant was issued from a district probate registry.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 125 substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 262; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act: "The Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) may be cited as the Senior Courts Act 1981" (1.10.2009) by virtue of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 1(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
- F2
Act: words substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 26(1); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)