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The Non-Contentious Probate (Amendment) Rules 1991

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Amendments consequential upon section 74 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (District judges)(1)

6.  In rule 2(1)–

(a)after the definition of “the Crown” there shall be inserted the following definition:

district judge” means a district judge of the Principal Registry;;

(b)after the definition of “gross value” there shall be inserted the following definition:

judge” means a judge of the High Court;;

(c)for the definition of “registrar” there shall be substituted the following definition:

registrar” means the district probate registrar of the district probate registry–

(i)

to which an application for a grant is made or is proposed to be made,

(ii)

in rules 26, 40, 41 and 61(2), from which the grant issued, and

(iii)

in rules 46, 47 and 48, from which the citation has issued or is proposed to be issued;; and

(d)for the definition of “the Senior Registrar” there shall be substituted the following definition:

the senior district judge” means the Senior District Judge of the Family Division or, in his absence, the senior of the district judges in attendance at the Principal Registry;.

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