SCHEDULE 1The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980

SPECIAL PROVISIONS AS TO PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

ORDER 97NON-CONTENTIOUS PROBATE PROCEEDINGS

Wills of naval personnel16

Every application for a grant in respect of the estate of a person who has at any time served in the capacity to which the Navy and Marines (Wills) Act 1865128 applies shall be supported by a certificate of the Inspector of Seamen's Wills as to the existence of any will in his custody :

Provided that no such certificate shall be required where—

a

the application relates to a will made after the deceased had ceased to serve in such capacity as aforesaid which revokes all previous wills made by him, or

b

the deceased was at the date of his death in receipt of a pension in respect of his service.