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ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1955 - SECT 43

Provisions as to jurisdiction.

43.(1) References in this Act to the court shall be construed as references to
the High Court so, however, that where, by virtue of any provision of this Act
or of any enactment relating to the jurisdiction of the county court, the
county court has jurisdiction under any section of this Act, references in
that section to the court shall include references to the county court.

(2) Without prejudice to the operation of sub-section (1) a county court shall
have jurisdiction (including power to receive payment of moneys or securities
into court) in all applications and proceedings under section thirty-seven or
section thirty-eight [where, at the date of the death of the deceased person,
the property included in his net estate (that is to say, all property of which
he had power to dispose by his will, otherwise than by virtue of a special
power of appointment, less the amount of his funeral testamentary and
administration expenses, debts and liabilities, including any capital transfer
tax or estate duty payable out of his estate on his death) did not exceed
#15,000 in value] and in the case of applications or proceedings under section
thirty-eight county court rules may provide that where the value of the estate
or share to which the infant is entitled does not exceed [#1,000] the powers
of the court under that section may be exercised, in accordance with such
rules, by [a circuit registrar].


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