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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 (Chapter 24)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955

1955 CHAPTER 24

Contents

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  1. PART I

    Assimilation of real and personal estate for purposes of devolution on death and of descent on intestacy

    1. 1.Realty to devolve and descend as personalty

    2. 2.Further assimilation of law respecting real and personal estates of deceased persons

    3. 3 .Vesting of estate before grant of administration

    4. 4.Abolition of term “real representative” and construction of references to estates of deceased persons

    5. 5.Construction of references to heirs

  2. PART II

    Distribution on intestacy

    1. 6.Rules for the distribution on intestacy

    2. 6A.Spouse or civil partner dying within 28 days of intestate

    3. 7.Rights of surviving spouse or civil partner

    4. 8.Rights of issue

    5. 9.Rights of parents

    6. 10.Rights of brothers and sisters and their issue

    7. 11.Rights of next-of-kin

    8. 12.Ascertainment of next-of-kin

    9. 13.Saving for children begotten but not born

    10. 14.Half-blood

    11. 15.Operation of provisions for distribution or taking per stirpes

    12. 16.Rights of the Crown

    13. 18.Partial intestacy

    14. 19.Construction of documents

  3. PART IV

    Administration of assets

    1. 29.Real and personal estate of deceased are assets for payment of debts

    2. 30.Administration of assets

    3. 31.Charges on property of deceased to be paid primarily out of the property charged

    4. 32.Powers of personal representatives to sell or transfer

    5. 33 .Protection of bona fide purchasers

    6. 34.General provisions as to assent or transfer by personal representatives

    7. 35.Special provisions as to unregistered land

    8. 37.Powers of personal representative as to appropriation

    9. 38 .Power to appoint trustees of infant's property

    10. 39.Right to follow property in hands of beneficiary

    11. 40.Powers to deal with estate, etc

    12. 41.Time allowed for distribution

  4. PART V

    Miscellaneous and general

    1. 42.Prescribed forms for reference in wills

    2. 43.Provisions as to jurisdiction

    3. 44.Meaning of “real estate”, etc

    4. 45.Interpretation

    5. 47.Savings

    6. 48.Commencement

    7. 49.Short title

  5. FIRST SCHEDULE

An Act to make provision with respect to the devolution and distribution of the estates of deceased persons and to amend the law with respect to the representation of deceased persons, the administration of their estates and related matters.

[13th December 1955]

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