SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Amendments of Other Enactments

Part III

Administration of Estates Act 1925 (c. 23)

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(1)

Section 17 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (continuance of legal proceedings after revocation of temporary administration) shall be re-numbered so as to become subsection (1) of that section.

(2)

The following subsection shall be added after the resulting subsection (1)—

“(2)

The county court has jurisdiction under this section where the proceedings are pending in that court.”

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The following subsection shall be added at the end of section 38 of that Act (right to follow property and powers of the court in relation thereto)—

“(4)

The county court has jurisdiction under this section where the estate in respect of which the application is made does not exceed in amount or value the county court limit.”

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The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1) of section 41 of that Act (appropriation)—

“(1A)

The county court has jurisdiction under proviso (ii) to subsection (1) of this section where the estate in respect of which the application is made does not exceed in amount or value the county court limit.”

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The following subsection shall be added at the end of section 43 of that Act (claims against personal representatives)—

“(4)

The county court has jurisdiction under this section where the estate in respect of which the application is made does not exceed in amount or value the county court limit.”

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The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 1(iii) of section 55 of that Act (definitions)—

“iiiA

the County Court limit”, in relation to any enactment contained in this Act, means the amount for the time being specified by an Order in Council under section 145 of the County Courts Act 1984 as the county court limit for the purposes of that enactment (or, where no such Order in Council has been made, the corresponding limit specified by Order in Council under section 192 of the County Courts Act 1959);”