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County Courts Jurisdiction (Inheritance - Provision for Family and Dependants) Order 1981

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1981/1636
Year1981

1981 No. 1636 (L. 16)

COUNTY COURTS

The County Courts Jurisdiction (Inheritance—Provision for Family and Dependants) Order 1981

18thNovember 1981

1stDecember 1981

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 22(4) of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975(a), and a period of forty days beginning with the day of laying has expired and neither House has resolved that the Order be not made:

Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22(1) of the said Act, hereby makes the following Order:—

1. This Order may be cited as the County Courts Jurisdiction (Inheritance—Provision for Family and Dependants) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1981.

2. The sum of £5,000 specified in section 22(1) of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, and increased to £15,000 by the County Courts Jurisdiction (Inheritance—Provision for Family and Dependants) Order 1978(b), shall be increased to £30,000.

3. The County Courts Jurisdiction (Inheritance—Provision for Family and Dependants) Order 1978 is revoked.

Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C.

Dated 18th November 1981.

(a) 1975 c. 63.

(b) S.I. 1978/176.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order.)

This Order increases the jurisdiction of the county courts in proceedings relating to a claim on a deceased person's estate by a relative or...

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