Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965

1 Increase in amounts disposable on death without representation. U.K.

(1) In the enactments and instruments listed in Schedule 1 to this Act, of which—

(a) those listed in Part I are enactments authorising the disposal of property on death, without the necessity for probate or other proof of title, to persons appearing to be beneficially entitled thereto, to relatives or dependants of the deceased or to other persons described in the enactments, but subject to a limit which is in most cases £100 and which does not in any case exceed £100;

(b) those listed in Part II are enactments giving power to make rules or regulations containing corresponding provisions subject to a limit of £100; and

(c) those listed in Part III are such rules and regulations as aforesaid and instruments containing corresponding provisions made under other enactments and containing a limit which does not in any case exceed £200;

the said limit shall, subject to the provisions of that Schedule, in each case be [F1 £5,000] instead of the limit specified in the enactment or instrument; and for references to the said limits in those enactments and instruments there shall accordingly be substituted references to [F1 £5,000].

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1, 2, so far as they relate to any enactment, have effect as if for references to £500 there were substituted references to £5,000 by virtue of S.I. 1975/1137, art. 3 and S.I. 1984/539, art. 2

F2 S. 1(2) repealed by National Debt Act 1972 (c. 65), Sch.