Succession Act 1965 section 43

Official copies of wills and grants

Section 43 deals with the right to obtain official copies of wills and grants of representation, and the evidential status of those copies.

• Official copies of all or part of a will, or of a grant of representation, can be obtained from the Probate Office or the relevant district probate registry.
• The copy must be sourced from the office or registry where the will was proved or the grant was made.
• An official copy of a grant of representation serves as sufficient evidence of the grant itself.
• This evidential status applies to grants made both before and after the commencement of the Succession Act 1965.