http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/53

Part IV Wills

Registration of wills

24 Designation of Principal Registry as national body under Registration Convention.

(1)

The Principal Registry of the Family Division of the High Court of Justice shall be the national body for the purposes of the Registration Convention, and shall accordingly have the functions assigned to the national body by the Registration Convention including, without prejudice to the general application of the Convention to the Principal Registry by virtue of this section, the functions—

(a)

of arranging for the registration of wills in other Contracting States as provided for in Article 6 of the Convention;

(b)

of receiving and answering requests for information arising from the national bodies of other Contracting States.

(2)

In this Part of this Act “the Registration Convention” means the Convention on the Establishment of a Scheme of Registration of Wills concluded at Basle on 16th May 1972.