
1 
This Order may be cited as the Administration of Estates (Rights of Surviving Spouse or Civil Partner) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2008.
2 
In relation to the estate of a person dying after the coming into operation of this Order, section 7 (rights of surviving spouse or civil partner) of the Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in subsection (2) for “£125,000” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “£250,000”; and
(b) in subsection (4) for “£200,000” wherever it occurs there shall be substituted “£450,000”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 29th October 2007.
Anthony Canavan
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
