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Probate Amendment Rules 2011
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### 4 Transitional application of amendments
> > (1) The amendments of the Principal Rules effected by [rules 13](#GS13@EN) , [14](#GS14@EN) , [15](#GS15@EN) , [16](#GS16@EN) , [17](#GS17@EN) , [18](#GS18@EN) , [19](#GS19@EN) and [20(b)](#GS20@EN) of these rules do not apply to probate work undertaken in respect of the estate of a person who died before these rules take effect.
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> > (2) In the case of probate work undertaken in respect of the estate of a person who died before these rules take effect, the former Principal Rules continue to apply to the probate work as if these rules had not been made.
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> > (3) In this rule –
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> > > ***former Principal Rules*** means the [Probate Rules 1936](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-1936-0P1835) as in force immediately before these rules take effect;
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> > > ***probate work*** means non-contentious business or common form business within the meaning of the Principal Rules.