Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1408 (L. 11)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2013
Made
6th June 2013
Laid before Parliament
10th June 2013
Coming into force
1st July 2013
The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 92 of the Courts Act 2003( 1 ).
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( 2 ) is amended as follows.
3. In Schedule 1 (fees to be taken), in fee 8(c), in column 2, for “£4” substitute “£6”.
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
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.
S.I. 2004/3120 as amended by S.I. 2011/588 .