Article 4 Fees to be taken in Non-Contentious Probate matters in the Supreme CourtI1

Subject to paragraphs (2)-(5) and Article 5 the fees set out in column 2 of Schedule 1 shall be payable in non-contentious probate proceedings in respect of the items set out opposite thereto in column 1, subject to and in accordance with the directions contained in that Schedule.

Where in the estate of a person who died domiciled in Northern Ireland a grant has been obtained in England or a confirmation in Scotland, court fees shall not be payable in Northern Ireland in respect of the property passing under such grant or confirmation.

The fees specified in Schedule 1 shall be remitted where such fees if taken would be payable out of money provided by Parliament, provided that this sub-paragraph shall not apply to cases in which such fees are included in costs incurred by the Crown upon any proceedings which other parties may be required to pay.

Where any application for a grant is withdrawn before the issue of the grant, the Master or Probate Officer, may reduce, remit or refund the requisite fee.

Where, on application for a grant by a personal applicant, the papers leading to the grant are prepared by the applicant himself, the master may remit up to one half of the fee prescribed by fee No. 2.

Where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that the payment of any fee specified in Schedule 1 would, owing to the exceptional circumstances of the particular case, involve undue hardship, he may reduce or remit the fee in that case.