The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Revision) 1980

Notices of applications for grants made to a branch office

60.—(1) A circuit registrar shall send to the Office a notice of every application made in the branch office for a grant as soon as may be after the application has been made, and no grant shall be made by him until he has received from the Office a certificate that no other application appears to have been made in respect of the estate of the testator or intestate.

(2) Notices of applications for grants of probate or administration, with the will annexed, transmitted by the circuit registrar to the Office, shall contain an extract of the words of the will or codicil by which the applicant has been appointed executor, or of the words (if any) upon which he founds his claim to such administration; and shall show the day on which the application was made.

(3) Notices of application shall set forth the names and interests of all persons who would have a prior right to the applicant, and show how such prior right is cleared off. In case the persons, or any of them, have renounced, the date of his or her renunciation must be stated. If the applicant claims as the representative of another person, the date and particulars of the grant to him must appear.

(4) Where any such notice is received from any branch office the Master shall examine all notices of applications for grants received from thy other branch offices and all applications for grants made at the Office, so far as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining whether application for a grant in respect of the estate of the same deceased person has been made, and shall communicate with the circuit registrar as occasion may require in relation thereto.

(5) The certificate sent under paragraph (1) shall be forwarded as soon as may be to the circuit registrar, and may be issued from the Office under a stamp provided for that purpose.

(6) All notices transmitted to the Office under paragraph (1) shall be filed in the Office.