Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1451 (L. 20)
Senior Courts Of England And Wales
The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2021
Made
8th December 2021
Laid before Parliament
16th December 2021
Coming into force
26th January 2022
The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(1) and (2) 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, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Amendment) Order 2021.
(2) This Order comes into force on 26th January 2022.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
Amendment of the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004
2. —(1) The table in Schedule 1 (fees to be taken) to the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In the entry for fee 1 (application for a grant), for the amount in column 2 substitute “£273” .
(3) Omit the entry for fee 2 (personal application fee).
James Cartlidge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
8th December 2021
We consent
Craig Whittaker
Rebecca Harris
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3rd December 2021
2003 c. 39 . Section 92 was amended by paragraph 345 of Schedule 4, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 9 and paragraph 95 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22) .
S.I. 2004/3120 . The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2011/588 and S.I. 2014/876 .