http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/54/section/125Senior Courts Act 1981An Act to consolidate with amendments the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 and other enactments relating to the Senior Courts in England and Wales and the administration of justice therein; to repeal certain obsolete or unnecessary enactments so relating; to amend Part VIII of the Mental Health Act 1959, the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968, the Arbitration Act 1979 and the law relating to county courts; and for connected purposes.1981-09-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-02-18Expert Participation2026-02-18 Senior Courts Act 1981Supreme Court Act 1981s. 31(3)(a)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(1)(a)s. 95(1)Senior Courts Act 1981Supreme Court Act 1981s. 31(3)(b) and wordCriminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(1)(b)s. 95(1)Senior Courts Act 1981Supreme Court Act 1981s. 31(3A)(3B)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(2)s. 95(1)Supreme Court Act 1981Senior Courts Act 1981s. 31(3)(a)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(1)(a)s. 95(1)Supreme Court Act 1981Senior Courts Act 1981s. 31(3)(b) and wordCriminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(1)(b)s. 95(1)Supreme Court Act 1981Senior Courts Act 1981s. 31(3A)(3B)Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015s. 85(2)s. 95(1) Part V125An office copy, or a sealed and certified copy, of any will or part of a will open to inspection under section 124 or of any grant may, on payment of the fee prescribed by an order under section 92 of the Courts Act 2003 (fees), be obtained—afrom the registry in which in accordance with section 124 the will or documents relating to the grant are preserved; orbwhere in accordance with that section the will or such documents are preserved in some place other than a registry, from the Principal Registry; orcsubject to the approval of the Senior Registrar of the Family Division, from the Principal Registry in any case where the will was proved in or the grant was issued from a district probate registry.Words in s. 125 substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 262; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)