County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

Will set up or relied upon

6.—(1) No person shall be at liberty to set up or rely upon any will not already proved in common form unless such will, together with all testamentary documents or scripts, shall have been lodged in the Principal or District Registry and a grant of probate or letters of administration in respect thereof applied for.

(2) Where an unproved will is required to be produced at the hearing of any testamentary civil bill, the registrar or district registrar having custody thereof may, on a requisition being lodged with him; forward such will by registered post or deliver the same to the chief clerk at the court where the suit is to be heard.

(3) The chief clerk shall receive and produce such will at the hearing of the suit and at the conclusion of the hearing shall transmit such will by registered post or deliver the same to the registry where the will was originally lodged.

(4) The requisition to produce must be lodged in sufficient time to allow a certified copy of the will to be, made and filed in the registry prior to the posting thereof.