Probate Amendment Rules 2011
4Transitional application of amendments
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4 Transitional application of amendments
(1) The amendments of the Principal Rules effected by rules 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 and 20(b) 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.
(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.
(3) In this rule –
former Principal Rules means the Probate Rules 1936 as in force immediately before these rules take effect;
probate work means non-contentious business or common form business within the meaning of the Principal Rules.