Statutory Instruments
2004 No.2985 (L.17)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2004
Made
12th November 2004
Laid before Parliament
16th November 2004
Coming into force
7th December 2004
The President of the Family Division, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 127(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981( 1 ), and with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, makes the following Rules:
1. These Rules may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 2004 and shall come into force on 7th December 2004.
2. In the definition of “probate practitioner” in rule 2 of the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987( 2 ) after “section 23(2) of that Act” insert “or section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990( 3 );”.
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, P.
Dated 10th November 2004
I concur, on behalf of the Lord Chancellor,
David Lammy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Dated 13th November 2004
S.I. 1987/2024 , amended by S.I. 1998/1903 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.