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The Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994, PART I is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 17 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Wills and Administration Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
(2) This Order comes into operation on such day or days as the Head of the Department of Finance and Personnel may by order appointF1.
(3) If different days are appointed for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Order, any reference in a provision to the commencement of the Order is a reference to the commencement of that provision.
F1fully exercised by SRs 1994/372; 1999/21
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954F2 applies to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
“gift” means a devise or bequest or the exercise of a general power of appointment;
“personal representatives” means the executors or executor, original or by representation, or the administrators or administrator for the time being of a deceased person;
“property” includes any estate in land, any chattels, any thing in action, and any rights which are treated commercially as property and also includes any interest in property;
“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;
“witness”, in relation to a will, means a witness who attests the testator's signature or acknowledgment of his signature and signs the will in the presence of the testator, or a witness who, having signed the will before the testator, acknowledges his signature in the presence of the testator.
(3) In this Order, any reference to a person's “estate” is a reference to all property to which he is beneficially entitled for an estate or interest not ceasing on his death.
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