Where a surviving spouse F3or civil partner who is the sole or sole surviving personal representative of the deceased is entitled to a life interest in part of the residuary estate and elects under section 47A of the Administration of Estates Act 192516 to have the life interest redeemed, he may give written notice of the election to the F1senior district judge in pursuance of subsection (7) of that section by filing a notice in Form 6 in the Principal Registry or in the district probate registry from which the grant issued.

Where the grant issued from a district probate registry, the notice shall be filed in duplicate.

A notice filed under this rule shall be noted on the grant and the record and shall be open to inspection.