The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2013

Made: 6th June 2013

Laid before Parliament: 10th June 2013

Coming into force: 1st July 2013

In accordance with section 92(5) and (6) of that Act, the Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice and the Civil Justice Council.

Citation and Commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2013 and shall come into force on 1st July 2013.

Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004

2

The Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004[^f00002] is amended as follows.

3

In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken), in fee 8(c), in column 2, for “£4” substitute “£6”.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor

Helen Grant — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 5th June 2013

We consent,

David Evennett — Desmond Swayne — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 6th June 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3120). It increases the fee for copies of any document which are made available on a computer disk or in other electronic form from £4 to £6 for each copy.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 c. 39. Section 92 was amended by section 15(1) of and paragraphs 308 and 345 of Schedule 4, Part 1 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4) and by section 59(5) of and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11, Part 2 to that Act.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2004/3120 as amended by S.I. 2011/588.