Provisions supplementary to Articles 12 and 13N.I.
14.—(1) Where the exercise of any of the powers conferred by Article 12 or 13 is conditional on the court being satisfied that a disposition or contract was made by a deceased person with the intention of defeating an application for financial provision under this Order, that condition shall be fulfilled if the court is of the opinion that, on a balance of probabilities, the intention of the deceased (though not necessarily his sole intention) in making the disposition or contract was to prevent an order for financial provision being made under this Order or to reduce the amount of the provision which might otherwise be granted by an order thereunder.
(2) Where an application is made under Article 13 with respect to any contract made by the deceased and no valuable consideration was given or promised by any person for that contract then, notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1), it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that the deceased made that contract with the intention of defeating an application for financial provision under this Order.
(3) Where the court makes an order under Article 12 or 13 it may give such consequential directions as it thinks fit (including directions requiring the making of any payment or the transfer of any property) for giving effect to the order or for securing a fair adjustment of the rights of the persons affected thereby.
(4) Any power conferred on the court by Article 12 or 13 to order the donee, in relation to any disposition or contract, to provide any sum of money or other property shall be exercisable in like manner in relation to the personal representative of the donee, and—
(a)any reference in paragraph (4) of Article 12 to the disposal of property by the donee shall include a reference to disposal by the personal representative of the donee, and
(b)any reference in paragraph (5) of Article 12 to an application by the donee under that paragraph shall include a reference to an application by the personal representative of the donee;
but the court shall not have power under Article 12 or 13 to make an order in respect of any property forming part of the estate of the donee which has been distributed by the personal representative; and the personal representative shall not be liable for having distributed any such property before he has notice of the making of an application under Article 12 or 13 on the ground that he ought to have taken into account the possibility that such an application would be made.