New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TESTATOR'S FAMILY MAINTENANCE AND GUARDIANSHIP OF INFANTS ACT 1916 - SECT 4

4 Operation of provision made under Act

(1) Every provision made under this Act shall, subject to this Act, operate and take effect as if the same had been made by a codicil to the will of the deceased person executed immediately before his or her death.

(2) Any order made under subsection (1A) of section 3 in respect of the estate of a deceased person shall, subject to this Act, operate and take effect as a modification of the provisions of the Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 , as amended by subsequent Acts, that are applicable to the distribution of that estate as on intestacy.