New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsWhere any person has, after the commencement of the Real Estate of Intestates Distribution Act of 1862 , and before the commencement of the Probate Act of 1890 , died intestate as to any real estate, and the administrator or, in case of partial intestacy, the executor (whether administration or probate was granted before or after such commencement) has, before the commencement of this Act, sold, mortgaged, or leased such estate or any part thereof, or has entered into a contract for the sale, mortgage, or lease of any such estate or any part thereof, such sale, mortgage, or lease or such contract for sale, mortgage, or lease shall be deemed to have been and to be as valid as if made in pursuance of a power or leave to sell, mortgage, or lease granted by the Supreme Court under its ecclesiastical or probate jurisdiction.