Rights and duties of personal representatives in England and Wales

9Duties of personal representatives

For section 25 of the [1925 c. 23.] Administration of Estates Act 1925 (duty of personal representatives as to inventory and account) there shall be substituted the following section:β€”

β€œ25Duty of personal representatives.

The personal representative of a deceased person shall be under a duty toβ€”

(a)collect and get in the real and personal estate of the deceased and administer it according to law;

(b)when required to do so by the court, exhibit on oath in the court a full inventory of the estate and when so required render an account of the administration of the estate to the court;

(c)when required to do so by the High Court, deliver up the grant of probate or administration to that court.”