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Administration of Estates Act 1925

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(1)Nothing in this Act shall derogate from the powers of the High Court which exist independently of this Act or alter the distribution of business between the several divisions of the High Court, or operate to transfer any jurisdiction from the High Court to any other court.

(2)Nothing in this Act shall affect any unrepealed enactment in a public general Act dispensing with probate or administration as respects personal estate not including chattels real.

(3)Nothing in this Act shall—

(a)alter any death duty payable in respect of real estate or impose any new duty thereon:

(b)render any real estate liable to legacy duty or exempt it from succession duty:

(c)alter the incidence of any death duties.

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