The Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Indian Ocean Tsunami) Order 2005

• Citation: S.I. 2005/266
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Non-Contentious Probate Fees (Indian Ocean Tsunami) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 4th March 2005.

(2) In this Order “the 2004 Order ” means the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 .

Section 2 Remission of fees

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4 of the 2004 Order, where it appears to the Lord Chancellor that an application for a grant is in respect of a death occurring as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26th December 2004, he shall remit any fee prescribed by that Order in that case.

Section 3 Transitional provision

Where –

(a) a fee has been paid under the 2004 Order after 26th December 2004 but before 4th March 2005 and

(b) if this Order had been in force when the fee was paid, the Lord Chancellor would have remitted the fee,

the fee shall be refunded.