2004 No. 68
Administration of Estates (Small Payments) (Increase of Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004
Mades
To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000
Coming into operation
The Department of Finance and Personnel1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 6(1) of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act (Northern Ireland) 19672, as extended and amended by Article 6(2) of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 19723, Article 22(3) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 19854, Articles 17(3) and 19 of the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 19855 and Article 104(5) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 19926 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) (Increase of Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 16th April 2004.
Increase of Limit2
The following provisions (which relate to property which may be disposed of on death without representation or in pursuance of a nomination, subject to a limit of £5,000), namely –
a
sections 1 and 2 of the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967, so far as they relate to, respectively, –
i
ii
the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 section 22(3)(d)10;
b
Article 6 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;
c
Article 22(3) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;
d
Articles 17(3) and 19 of the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;
e
Article 104(5) of the Industrial Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1992,
shall have effect as if for the references to £5,000 there were substituted references to £10,000.
Revocation3
The Administration of Estates (Small Payments) (Increase of Limit) Order (Northern Ireland) 198511 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 27th February 2004.
(This note is not part of the Order.)