22Fixed costs for probate and administration of estates matters

22 Fixed costs for probate and administration of estates matters

22 Fixed costs for probate and administration of estates matters

(1) For the Act, section 59(1)(f), the costs specified in Schedule 1 are fixed as the costs payable for the legal services specified in Schedule 1 for the enforcement of a judgment for the possession of land in relation to probate or the administration of an estate.

(2) The following are fixed as the costs payable for the legal services specified in Schedule 3—

(a) for the first grant of probate or administration or the resealing of probate or letters of administration—the costs specified in Schedule 3, Parts 1 and 2,

(b) for a further grant of probate or the uplifting of granted or resealed probate—the costs specified in Schedule 3, Parts 1 and 3.

(3) For the Act, section 59(3)(b), in addition to the costs fixed by subsection (2), if a law practice performs additional work in relation to the first grant of administration or the resealing of letters of administration, the costs payable for the legal services are fixed as the costs set out in the Supreme Court Rules 1970, Schedule G, Table 1.