Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WILLS ACT - SECT 47

If there is more than one system of internal law in force in a place that relates to the formal validity of a will, the system of internal law that applies to the will is:

        (a)     if there is a rule in force throughout the place that indicates which system of internal law applies to the will – the system of law indicated by that rule; or

        (b)     if there is no rule indicating which system of internal law applies – the system of internal law with which the testator was most closely connected either:

            (i)     in the case where the matter is to be determined by reference to circumstances prevailing at the time of the death of the testator – at the time of his or her death; or

            (ii)     in any other case – at the time of the execution of the will.