http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/contentsAdministration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2017-08-23Expert Participation2016-10-31Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979art. 9(4)(a)Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008Sch. 8 para. 3s. 185(1)Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979PART IINTRODUCTORY1Title and commencement2InterpretationPART IIGRANTS OF PROBATE OR ADMINISTRATIONIntroductory3Application of Part IIJurisdiction of High Court4Power of High Court to grant probate and letters of administration5Discretionary power to appoint administrator in certain cases6Administration pendente lite7Administration during minority of executor8Grant of special administration where personal representative is abroad9Grant of representation to trust corporation10Administration of intestates' estates devolving on the Crown11Revocation of grantsJurisdiction of county court12Jurisdiction of county court in contentious mattersPART IIIPOWERS AND PROCEDURE OF COURTSPowers of High Court preliminary or incidental to grants of probate or administration13Citation to prove will or renounce probate14Caveat against grant15Production of instruments purporting to be testamentary16Examination of witnesses and production of documents17Power to require administrators to produce suretiesProcedure in relation to representation18Applications for grants and revocations19Procedure in branch office20Capital transfer tax accountsOther powers of courts21Continuance of legal proceedings after revocation of temporary administration22Power of High Court to order sale of land where there is a Crown interestDocuments and records23Keeping and inspection of wills and other documents24Records of grants25Official copies of wills and certificates of grants26Copies of wills, etc., to be delivered to Inland Revenue Commissioners27Depositories of wills of living personsGeneral provisions as to practice and procedure28Practice and procedurePART IVEXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORSExecutors29Cesser of right of executor to prove30Withdrawal of renunciation31Right of proving executors to exercise powers32Executor of executor represents original testatorAdministrators33Effect of grant of administration34Executor not to act while administration is in forceProvisions applying to both executors and administrators, and to persons dealing with them35Duty of personal representative36Debtor who becomes creditor's personal representative to account for debt to estate37Payment of debts by personal representative38Protection of persons acting on invalid or revoked probate or administrationMisapplication of assets39Liability of person wrongfully obtaining or retaining estate of deceased40Liability of estate of personal representativePART VMISCELLANEOUSArt. 41 amends s.7 of 1955 c. 24 (NI) 42Proceedings against estate of deceased person43Transitional and saving provisions, amendments and repealsSCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS1Section 29 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (effect of substituting provisions) shall have...2All general directions given by the Probate Judge under section 20(2) of the Administration of...3The repeal by this Order of section 3 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...4In relation to the estate of a person dying before 1st January 1938, Articles 12(1),...5Article 19(2) shall apply to a grant made in a district probate registry before the...6Article 22 applies in respect of land comprised or included in the estate of a...7In Article 23(1) the first reference to the Probate and Matrimonial Office includes the Probate...8In relation to the estate of a person dying before 1st January 1938, the references...9Any administration bond given before 1st January 1972 under section 86 of the Probates and...10Nothing in this Order affects— (a) any unrepealed enactment authorising grants to be dispensed with...Schedule 2—AmendmentsSchedule 3—Repeals1979 No. 1575 (N.I. 14)Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979[3rd December 1979] C1Annotations:Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1Order: functions of the Lord Chancellor are transferred to the Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1)(6), Sch. 17 para. 32 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
Order: functions of the Lord Chancellor are transferred to the Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1)(6), Sch. 17 para. 32 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)