Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 1865
Legal Services, England And Wales
The Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008
Made
10th July 2008
Coming into force
1st August 2008
This Order is made under section 55(3) of, and Paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has considered the advice given to him by the Legal Services Consultative Panel and the President of the Family Division.
The Secretary of State is satisfied that the bodies named in this Order have such arrangements in force as are mentioned in paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 120(4)( 2 ) of that Act.
Accordingly the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Probate Services (Approved Bodies) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1 August 2008.
2. —(1) The bodies listed in paragraph (2) shall be approved bodies for the purpose of granting an exemption under section 55 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.
(2) Those bodies are—
(a) the Council for Licensed Conveyancers;
(b) the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Bridget Prentice
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
10th July 2008
Ministry of Justice
1990 c. 41 ; “Secretary of State” in section 55(3) was substituted by S.I. 2003/1887 , Schedule 2, paragraph 8(1)(c).
Section 120(4) was amended in so far as relevant by the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) , Schedule 6, paragraphs 4 and 11(1) and (2).