Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965

2 Increase in amounts disposable on death by nomination.U.K.

(1)In the enactments and instrument listed in Schedule 2 to this Act (which enable a person by nomination to dispose of property on his death up to a limit of £100 or, in some cases, £200) the said limit shall, subject to the provisions of that Schedule, in each case be [£5,000] instead of the limit specified in the enactments or instrument; and for references to the said limits in the said enactments and instrument there shall accordingly be substituted references to [£5,000].

(2)This section shall apply in relation to any nomination delivered at or sent to the appropriate office, or made in the appropriate book, after the expiration of a period of one month beginning with the date on which this Act is passed.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 1, 2, so far as they relate to any enactment, have effect as if for references to £500 there were substituted references to £5,000 by virtue of S.I. 1975/1137, art. 3 and S.I. 1984/539, art. 2