
1 
This Order may be cited as the District Probate Registries Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 20th April 1982.
2 
District probate registries shall be established at the places specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.
3 
District probate sub-registries shall be established at the places specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, and each sub-registry shall be attached to and under the control of the registrar of the district probate registry appearing opposite it in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.
4 
Every district probate registrar shall arrange for an officer of a district probate registry or of a district probate sub-registry to attend, for the purpose of personal applications for a grant of probate or administration, at such places and such times as may be specified by the Lord Chancellor, and any such place may be styled a probate office.
5 
The District Probate Registries Order 1968 and the District Probate Registries (Amendment) Order 1981 are hereby revoked.
Hailsham of St. Marylebone, C
Dated 25th February 1982
SCHEDULE


Column 1 Column 2
District Probate Registries Sub-registries
Birmingham Stoke-on-Trent
Brighton Maidstone
Bristol Bodmin, Exeter
Ipswich Norwich, Peterborough
Leeds Lincoln, Sheffield
Liverpool Chester, Lancaster
Llandaff (Probate Registry of Wales) Bangor, Carmarthen, Gloucester
Manchester Nottingham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Carlisle, Middlesbrough, York
Oxford Leicester
Winchester