Administration of Justice Act 1970

Amendments of references in Part VII to principal probate registry and registrar

12 In the following provisions of the said Act of 1925, for the words " the principal probate registry", in each place where they occur, substitute the words " the principal registry of the Family Division " :—

• section 126 (qualification for appointment to certain offices), subsection (3);

• section 150 (application for grants);

• section 151 (grants in district probate registries), subsection (3);

• section 152 (duties of district probate registrars), subsections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5);

• section 154 (caveats), subsections (1) and (2);

• section 156 (records of grants), subsection (1);

• section 168 (resealing of Scottish confirmations), subsections (1), (2) and (3);

• section 169 (resealing of Northern Irish grants), subsections (1), (2) and (3);

• section 170 (deposit of wills, etc.) ;

• section 171 (official copies of wills), paragraphs (b) and (c) ;

• section 174 (seals for use in probate registries), subsection (1).

13 In section 157 of the said Act of 1925 (copies of wills to be delivered to Commissioners of Inland Revenue), for the words " every probate registry " substitute the words " the principal registry of the Family Division and every district probate registry ".

14 In the following provisions of the said Act of 1925, for the words " the principal probate registrar ", in each place where they occur, substitute the words " the principal registrar of the Family Division " :—

• section 167 (administration bonds), subsection (2);

• section 168 (re-sealing of Scottish confirmations), subsection (3);

• section 169 (re-sealing of Northern Irish grants), subsection (2);

• section 171 (official copies of wills), paragraph (c).

15 In section 167 of the said Act of 1925 (administration bonds), in subsection (1), for the words from " senior " to " principal probate registrar", where last occurring, substitute the words " principal registrar of the Family Division and, subject to the provisions of this section, if that registrar " ; and in subsection (4), for the words " the principal probate registrar " substitute the words " the principal registrar of the Family Division or, before the coming into force of section 1 of the Administration of Justice Act 1970, the principal probate registrar ".