(4) The chain of executorial representation is not broken by a
temporary grant of administration if probate is subsequently granted.
(5)
This section does not apply to an executor who does not prove the will of his
or her testator.
(6) In the case of an executor who, on his or her death,
leaves surviving some other executor of his or her testator who afterwards
proves the will of that testator, this section ceases to apply on that probate
being granted.
(7) Every person in the chain of representation to a
testator--
(a) has the same rights in respect of the estate of that testator
as the original executor would have had if living, and
(b) is, to the extent
to which the estate of that testator has come into his or her hands,
answerable as if he or she were an original executor.
(8) The provisions of
this Act that apply to executors are modified to the extent necessary to give
effect to this section.
