# Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/176 · made 19 March 1997

This Order amends the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to increase a number of fees to be taken in non-contentious probate proceedings.

Made under: Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (Section 116)

## Introductory text

SUPREME COURT
Made 19th March 1997
Coming into operation 1st April 1997
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 116(1) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:—

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 1st April 1997.

## 2 Fees to be taken in non-contentious probate matters in the Supreme Court

In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996, for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph:—
“
(a) if the assessed value does not exceed £10,000 . . .
No Fee
exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £25,000 . . .
£70·00
exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £40,000 . . .
£140·00
exceeds £40,000 but does not exceed £70,000 . . .
£250·00
exceeds £70,000 but does not exceed £100,000 . . .
£320·00
exceeds £100,000 but does not exceed £200,000 . . .
£400·00 The requisition
”

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 19th March 1997
We concur,
Richard Ottaway
Roger Knapman
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 19th March 1997

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order amends the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 so as to increase a number of fees to be taken in non-contentious probate proceedings.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/176 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1997
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