The Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Order 2011

Amendment of legislation

3.  In each of the following provisions of the Small Testate Estates (Scotland) Act 1876(1), namely:—

(a) section 3 (confirmation to small testate estate); and

(b) Schedule A (form of inventory and relative declaration),

for “30,000” substitute “£36,000”.

(1)

1876 c.24; section 3 was amended by the Administration of Estates Act 1971 (c.25), section 12(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1; section 3 was further amended and Schedule A was amended by the Confirmation to Small Estates (Scotland) Act 1979 (c.22), section 1(2), and by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c.40), section 74(1) and Schedule 8, paragraphs 25(1) and (2) and Schedule 9. The previous figure specified in section 3 and Schedule A was inserted by S.S.I. 2005/251.