http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/379/madeThe District Probate Registries Order 1982WestlawKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2011-05-19SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES;OFFICERS AND OFFICES This Order restates, without change of substance, the scheme for the establishment of district probate registries as set out in Schedule 2 to the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c.49) as continued by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Supreme Court Act 1981. It also restates certain provisions relating to the establishment of district probate registries previously contained in the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1954 (S.I. 1954/796). The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 2(1)The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(2)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 3The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(3)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 4(1)The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(4)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982Sch.The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(5)(a)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982Sch.The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(5)(b)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982Sch.The District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 2020art. 2(6)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982 art.2 The District Probate Registries (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994 art.3 The District Probate Registries Order 1982 art.2(2) The District Probate Registries (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994 art.3 The District Probate Registries Order 1982Sch.am andThe District Probate Registries (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994 art.4 The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 4(1)The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006Sch. 1 para. 46(2)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 4(1)The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006Sch. 1 para. 46(3)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982art. 4(2)The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2006Sch. 1 para. 46(4)art. 1The District Probate Registries Order 1982 Sch.rev in pt andThe District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 1994 art.3 1982 No. 379 (L.11) SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES OFFICERS AND OFFICES The District Probate Registries Order 1982 Made 25th February 1982 Laid in Parliament 23rd March 1982 Coming into Operation 20th April 1982 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 104 of the Supreme Court Act 1981, hereby makes the following Order:— 1 This Order may be cited as the District Probate Registries Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 20th April 1982. 2 District probate registries shall be established at the places specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. 3 District probate sub-registries shall be established at the places specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, and each sub-registry shall be attached to and under the control of the registrar of the district probate registry appearing opposite it in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order. 4 Every district probate registrar shall arrange for an officer of a district probate registry or of a district probate sub-registry to attend, for the purpose of personal applications for a grant of probate or administration, at such places and such times as may be specified by the Lord Chancellor, and any such place may be styled a probate office. 5 The District Probate Registries Order 1968 and the District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 1981 are hereby revoked. Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C Dated 25th February 1982 SCHEDULE
Column 1 Column 2
District Probate RegistriesSub-registries
BirminghamStoke-on-Trent
BrightonMaidstone
BristolBodmin, Exeter
IpswichNorwich, Peterborough
LeedsLincoln, Sheffield
LiverpoolChester, Lancaster
Llandaff (Probate Registry of Wales)Bangor, Carmarthen, Gloucester
ManchesterNottingham
Newcastle-upon-TyneCarlisle, Middlesbrough, York
OxfordLeicester
Winchester
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order restates, without change of substance, the scheme for the establishment of district probate registries as set out in Schedule 2 to the Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c.49) as continued by paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Supreme Court Act 1981. It also restates certain provisions relating to the establishment of district probate registries previously contained in the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1954 (S.I. 1954/796).