Administration of Justice Act 1925

17 Scheme for establishment of district probate registries

(1) Subject as hereinafter provided in this section, the provisions of section thirteen of the Court of Probate Act, 1857, and Schedule A to that Act (which make provision with respect to the establishment of district probate registries) shall cease to have effect, and district probate registries shall be established at the places mentioned in, and otherwise in accordance with, the Scheme set out in the Third Schedule to this Act.

(2) In the case of a district probate registry to be established at a place at which there is no district probate registry at the commencement of this Act, the registry shall be established at such date as the President may, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, determine, and no district probate registry established by the said section thirteen shall be discontinued until such date as may be so determined.

(3) The President may from time to time, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and the Treasury, by order modify or vary the said Third Schedule :

Provided that, before any order is made under this subsection, a draft thereof shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and the order shall not be made unless both Houses by resolution approve the draft either without modification or addition or with modifications or additions to which both Houses agree, and on the draft being so approved the order may be made in the form of the draft as approved.

(4) His Majesty may by Order in Council make such adaptations of any enactments as may appear to Him; to be, rendered necessary or expedient by reason of the provisions of this section.