This Statutory Instrument has been printed in correction of S.I. 2020/952 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 18
Administration Of Estates, England And Wales
The Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order 2022
Made
10th January 2022
Laid before Parliament
11th January 2022
Coming into force
1st February 2022
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8, 9(5) and (6) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000( 1 ), makes the following Order.
In accordance with section 8(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, the Secretary of State considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications by this Order for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications than in other cases.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 1st February 2022.
Amendment of the Wills Act 1837
2. —(1)The Wills Act 1837( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 9(2), for “2022” substitute “2024” .
Amendment of the Wills Act 1837 (Electronic Communications) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020
(2) For article 3 substitute—
“ 3. Nothing in this Order affects—
(a) any grant of probate made; or
(b) anything done pursuant to a grant of probate,
prior to this Order coming into force. ” .
David Wolfson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
10th January 2022
2000 c. 7 . Section 9(1) of the Act provides that “the appropriate Minister” to make an order is the Secretary of State of the department related to the matter.
1837 c. 26 . Section 9 was substituted by section 17 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53) , revoked in relation to Northern Ireland by S.I. 1994/1899 and amended by S.I. 2020/952 .