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.