Exoneration of part of estate from provision
15 Exoneration of part of estate from provision
The Supreme Court may, when making, or at any time after having made, an order under section 8 or 9A, order a person who is entitled to a share in the estate of the deceased person as a legatee, devisee or beneficiary to pay a lump sum or periodical payments, or a lump sum and periodical payments, to represent, or in commutation of, a proportion of the provision ordered to be made for the person in whose favour the order is made that falls on the legatee, devisee or beneficiary, and may exonerate the property or a specified part of the property to which the legatee, devisee or beneficiary is entitled from further liability in respect of that provision.
If the Supreme Court makes an order under subsection (1), the court may direct—
how a lump sum or periodical payment is to be secured; and
the person to whom such a lump sum or periodical payment is to be made; and
how (if at all) the lump sum or periodical payment is to be invested for the benefit of the person in whose favour the order under section 8 or 9A has been made.
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