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ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
- LONG TITLE

An Act to provide for increasing the limits in transferred
provisions which allow property to be disposed of on death without
probate or other proof of title, or in pursuance of a nomination
made by the deceased; to extend certain of the said provisions
relating to an intestate's property to cases where the deceased
leaves a will; and for connected purposes.
[21st March 1967]
Increase in amounts disposable on death without representation.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
- SECT 1

1. In the transferred provisions listed in Schedule 1, of which

(a)those listed in Part I are provisions of Acts authorising the
disposal of property on death, without the necessity for probate or
other proof of title, to persons appearing to be beneficially
entitled thereto, to relatives of the deceased or to other persons
described in the Acts, but subject to a limit of #100;

(b)those listed in Part II are provisions of Acts giving power to
make regulations containing provisions corresponding to the provisions
described in paragraph (a); and

(c)those listed in Part III are regulations such as are described
in paragraph (b) and instruments containing corresponding provisions
made under other Acts and containing a limit which is, in some
cases, #100 and, in other cases, #200;

Increase in amounts disposable on death by nomination.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
- SECT 2

2.(1) In the transferred provisions listed in Schedule 2 (which
enable a person by nomination to dispose of property on his death
up to a limit of #200) the said limit shall in each case be #500
instead of #200; and for references to the limit of #200 in those
provisions there shall accordingly be substituted references to #500.

(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.

S.3, with Schedule 3, effects amendments. S.4(1) repeals s.28(2) of
1893 c.39, s.61 (pt.) of 1924 c.liv; subs.(2) rep. by 1975 c.7
s.59 sch.13 Pt.I

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
- SECT 5
Power to amend or repeal corresponding transferred provisions.

5.(1) If it appears to the Ministry of Finance (in this Act
referred to as "the Ministry") that any transferred provision
(including a local Act) passed before this Act corresponds to any
provision amended by section 1 or section 2 and contains a limit
of less than #500, the Ministry may by order substitute a limit of
#500 for the limit contained in that provision; and an order under
this section may make such consequential amendments in the
transferred provision to which it relates as appear to the Ministry
to be expedient.

(2) An order under this section amending a local Act may repeal
any provision of that Act corresponding to any provision repealed by
section 4.

(3) No order shall be made under this section in respect of any
provision in a local Act the Bill for which was promoted by a
local authority except on the application of that authority or their
successors.

(4) Any order under this section shall be subject to negative
resolution.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
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Power to provide for further increases.

6.(1) The Ministry may from time to time by order direct that

(a)sections 1 and 2, so far as they relate to any transferred
provision other than an instrument; and

(b)section 13 of the Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act
(Northern Ireland) 1965 [and section 58 of the Friendly Societies
Act (Northern Ireland) 1970] (which [contain] provisions similar to
the transferred provisions to which section 1 relates but subject to
a limit of #500); [and

(c)sections 56 and 57 of the Friendly Societies Act (Northern
Ireland) 1970 (which contain provisions similar to the transferred
provisions to which section 2 of this Act relates but subject to a
limit of #500)];

(2) Any order under this section shall apply in relation to deaths
occurring after the expiration of a period of one month beginning
with the date on which the order comes into force, except that, so
far as section 2 has effect by virtue of any such order,
subsection (2) of that section shall apply as if for the reference
to the date on which this Act is passed there were substituted a
reference to the date on which the order comes into force.

(3) Where an order under this section specifying any amount is in
force, references in section 5(1) to #500 shall be construed as
references to the amount specified in the order.

(4) Any order under this section shall be subject to affirmative
resolution.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
- SECT 7
Interpretation.

7.(1) In this Act

"instrument" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(c) of the
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;

"the Ministry" has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1);

"transferred provision" has the meaning assigned to it by section
1(g) of the said Act of 1954.

(2) Any reference in this Act to a transferred provision shall be
construed as including a reference to that provision as extended or
applied by any other transferred provision.

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES (SMALL PAYMENTS) ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967
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Short title, saving, commencement and repeals.

8.(1) This Act may be cited as the Administration of Estates (Small
Payments) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.

(2) The amendment of any instrument by this Act shall be without
prejudice to any power of amending or revoking that instrument.

(3) Subject to sections 2(2) and 6(2), this Act shall apply in
relation to deaths occurring after the expiration of a period of
one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.

Subs.(4), with Schedule 4, effects repeals

c.42.c.47.tacies Act 1883.

c.39.Act 1893.

c.liv.Act 1924.

(Superannuation) Act

(Northern Ireland)

1950.

stabulary Pensions

Order 1923.

stabulary Pensions

Order 1924.

stabulary PensionsOrder 1949.

stabulary Pensions

Regulations 1950.

Officers and Firemen)Pensions Order (Nor-

thern Ireland) 1955.

time Fire Officers andFiremen) Pensions

Order (Northern Ire-

land) 1955.

Certificates Regula-

tions 1962.

(Superannuation)

Regulations (Nor-

thern Ireland) 1962.

(Superannuation)

Regulations (Nor-

thern Ireland) 1962.

Authority SalariedStaff Superannuation

Regulations 1964.

c.22.c.39.Act 1893.

Schedule 3Amendments. Schedule 4Repeals