The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994PART IINTRODUCTORY1Title and commencement2InterpretationPART IIWILLSScope of, and power to make, will3Power to dispose of estate by will4MinorityExecution of will5Formalities for execution6Testamentary execution of power7Incompetency of witness8Gift to witness9Witnessing by creditor10Witnessing by executor11Alteration of will after executionEffect of marriage, divorce, etc.12Effect of marriage13Effect of dissolution or annulment of marriage13AEffect of civil partnership13BEffect of dissolution or annulment of civil partnership13CEffect on subsisting will of conversion of civil partnership into marriage13DEffect on subsisting will of conversion of marriage into civil partnershipRevocation, revival and confirmation14Revocation15Revival of revoked will16Effect of re-execution or codicilGifts17Will speaks from death18Words of limitation unnecessary19Residuary dispositions to carry property comprised in lapsed and void gifts20Implied execution of general power of appointment21Contingent and future gifts carry the intermediate income22Gifts to children etc. who predecease testator23Presumption as to effect of gifts to spouses or civil partners24Property subject to an optionInterpretation of wills25Extrinsic evidence26Construction of certain expressions27Construction and effect of references to failure of issue28Operative meaning to be preferredRectification29Rectification of willsPersonal representatives30Substitute executors: uncertainty about order of deathsPART IIIADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTSLimitation of actions31Executors de son tortPowers of High Court in proceedings relating to estates of deceased persons and trusts32Power to make judgments binding on persons who are not parties33Power to authorise action to be taken in reliance on counsel's opinion34Powers on compromise of probate action35Power to appoint substitute for, or to remove, personal representativePART IVGENERAL36Transitional provisions and savingsArticle 37—Amendments Article 38—Repeals SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGSTransitional provisions1Except where otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of Part II apply to wills made before...2The reference in the definition of “witness” in Article 2(2) to a witness acknowledging his...3In the application of Article 5 to a will made before the commencement— (a) paragraph...4In the application of Article 6 to a will made before the commencement, the references...5Article 8(3) applies only to the will of a person dying after the commencement, but...6In relation to an alteration made before the commencement, the reference in Article 11 to...7Article 12(3) and (4) do not apply to a will made before the commencement.8Article 13 does not affect the will of a testator who died before the commencement.9In relation to writing made before the commencement declaring an intention to revoke a will,...10Article 18(2), and Articles 21 to 25, do not affect the will of a testator...11Article 26 does not apply to a will made before the commencement, but in such...12Article 27(3), in relation to wills coming into operation before the commencement, applies— (a) only...Savings13Nothing in Part II prejudices section 11 of the Wills Act 1837 or the Wills...14(1) Nothing in Part II prejudices the Wills Act 1963 (conflict of laws relating to...15(1) The repeal of section 9 of the Wills Act 1837 does not affect a...16The repeal of the Wills Act Amendment Act 1852 does not affect a will made...17The repeal of the Wills (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 does not affect a will...18The repeal of Article 5 of the Family Law Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 does...Schedule 2—AmendmentsSchedule 3—RepealsStatutory Instruments1994 No. 1899 (N.I. 13)The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 199419th July 1994