Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WAR SERVICE ESTATES REGULATIONS - REG 8

(1)

As soon as practicable after the death of a person in respect of whose war service estate the Act applies, an authorized person shall:

(a)

cause the war service estate of a deceased member to be ascertained; and

(b)

by notice sent by post to the person (if any) appearing in the official records relating to the deceased member as his next-of-kin, addressed to the address last appearing in those records, direct attention to the provisions of the Act and these Regulations relating to the distribution of the war service estate of a deceased member and:

(i)

advise that person concerning the existence of any will of which the authorized person has notice and request him to advise whether he has knowledge of any later will; or

(ii)

if the authorized person has no knowledge of the existence of a will, advise the next-of-kin of that fact and request him to furnish any information in his possession as to the existence of a will.

(2)

A war service estate shall not be paid or delivered otherwise than to the personal representative of the deceased member, until 30 days have elapsed after the date of the notice given under subregulation (1).