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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Family Provision (Intestate Succession) Order 2009 No. 135
2. In the case of a person dying after this Order comes into force, section 46(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925(1) shall apply as if the net sums charged by paragraph (i) on the residuary estate were—
(a)under paragraph (2) of the Table, the sum of £250,000; and
(b)under paragraph (3) of the Table, the sum of £450,000.
1925 c. 23. Section 46(1) was, so far as is relevant, amended by section 1 of the Intestates’ Estates Act 1952 (c. 64), by section 1 of the Family Provision Act 1966 (c. 35) and by section 71 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33).
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