# The Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

S.R. 2004/342 · made 4 August 2004

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)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/supreme-court-non-contentious-probate-fees-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2004/pdf/nisr_20040342_en.pdf

## Introductory text

SUPREME COURT
Made 4th August 2004
Coming into operation 1st September 2004
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, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2004.

## 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

In this Order –
(a) “the principal Order” means the Supreme Court (Non-Contentious Probate) Fees (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996; and
(b) a fee referred to by number means the fee so numbered in Schedule 1 to the principal Order.

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

In Schedule 1 to the principal Order, for the amount of –
(i) £1·00, payable in respect of Fee No. 9 (a), there shall be substituted the new amount of £1·50;
(ii) £2·50, payable in respect of Fee No. 9 (b), there shall be substituted the new amount of £3·50;
(iii) £3·00, payable in respect of Fee No. 9 (c), there shall be substituted the new amount of £4·00; and
(iv) £25·00, payable in respect of Fee No. 9 (d), there shall be substituted the new amount of £27·50.

## Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor
I concur
L.S.
Christopher Leslie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 1st August 2004
We concur
John Heppell
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
Dated 4th August 2004

## 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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