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<ContentsTitle>General provisions as to practice and procedure</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>28</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Practice and procedure</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>PART IV</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle>Executors</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>29</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Cesser of right of executor to prove</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>30</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Withdrawal of renunciation</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>31</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Right of proving executors to exercise powers</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>32</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Executor of executor represents original testator</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle>Administrators</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>33</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Effect of grant of administration</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>34</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Executor not to act while administration is in force</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle>Provisions applying to both executors and administrators, and to persons dealing with them</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>35</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Duty of personal representative</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsItem ContentRef="article-36" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/article/36" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/36/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>36</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Debtor who becomes creditor's personal representative to account for debt to estate</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>37</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Payment of debts by personal representative</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsItem ContentRef="article-38" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/article/38" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/38/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>38</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Protection of persons acting on invalid or revoked probate or administration</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle>Misapplication of assets</ContentsTitle>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="article-39" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/article/39" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/39/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>39</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Liability of person wrongfully obtaining or retaining estate of deceased</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>40</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Liability of estate of personal representative</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>PART V</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>MISCELLANEOUS</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle Generated="true">Art. 41 amends s.7 of 1955 c. 24 (NI) </ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>42</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Proceedings against estate of deceased person</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>43</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Transitional and saving provisions, amendments and repeals</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsTitle>SCHEDULES</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>SCHEDULE 1</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>1</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Section 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (effect of substituting provisions) shall have...</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>2</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>All general directions given by the Probate Judge under section 20(2) of the Administration of...</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsNumber>3</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>The repeal by this Order of section 3 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/4" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/4/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>4</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>In relation to the estate of a person dying before 1st January 1938, Articles 12(1),...</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/5" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/5/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>5</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Article 19(2) shall apply to a grant made in a district probate registry before the...</ContentsTitle>
</ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/6" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/6/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>6</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Article 22 applies in respect of land comprised or included in the estate of a...</ContentsTitle>
</ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/7" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/7/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>7</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>In Article 23(1) the first reference to the Probate and Matrimonial Office includes the Probate...</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/8" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/8/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>8</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>In relation to the estate of a person dying before 1st January 1938, the references...</ContentsTitle>
</ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/9" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/9/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>9</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Any administration bond given before 1st January 1972 under section 86 of the Probates and...</ContentsTitle>
</ContentsItem>
<ContentsItem ContentRef="schedule-1-paragraph-10" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/10" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/1/paragraph/10/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber>10</ContentsNumber>
<ContentsTitle>Nothing in this Order affects— (a) any unrepealed enactment authorising grants to be dispensed with...</ContentsTitle>
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</ContentsSchedule>
<ContentsSchedule ContentRef="schedule-n2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/n2" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/n2/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber/>
<ContentsTitle>Schedule 2—Amendments</ContentsTitle>
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<ContentsSchedule ContentRef="schedule-n3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/n3" RestrictStartDate="2006-01-01" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/schedule/n3/2006-04-03" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<ContentsNumber/>
<ContentsTitle>Schedule 3—Repeals</ContentsTitle>
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<Number>1979 No. 1575 (N.I. 14)</Number>
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<Title>Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979</Title>
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[3rd December 1979]
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Order: functions of the Lord Chancellor are transferred to the Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by
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