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WILLS ACT 1970 - NOTES

Notes

1 This reprint is a compilation as at 3 July 2009 of the Wills Act 1970 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 4. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Wills Act 1970

12 of 1970

29 Apr 1970

1 Jul 1970 (see s. 2 and Gazette 5 Jun 1970 p. 1521)

Wills Act Amendment Act 1971

20 of 1971

1 Dec 1971

21 Jan 1972 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Jan 1972 p. 71-2)

Reprint of the Wills Act 1970 approved 28 Feb 1978 (includes amendments listed above)

Artificial Conception Act 1985 s. 8

14 of 1985

12 Apr 1985

1 Jul 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 28 Jun 1985 p. 2291)

Wills Amendment Act 1987

69 of 1987

22 Nov 1987

22 Nov 1987 (see s. 2)

Wills Amendment Act 1989

17 of 1989

1 Dec 1989

s. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 1989;
Act other than s. 1 and 2: 26 Jan 1990 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Jan 1990 p. 656)

Reprint of the Wills Act 1970 as at 11 Sep 1996 (includes amendments listed above)

Wills Amendment Act 1997

47 of 1997

10 Dec 1997

10 Dec 1997 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 62 2

28 of 2003

22 May 2003

1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579)

Reprint 3: The Wills Act 1970 as at 17 Oct 2003 (includes amendments listed above)

Wills Amendment Act 2007 s. 3-24

27 of 2007

26 Oct 2007

9 Feb 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 8 Feb 2008 p. 313)

Reprint 4: The Wills Act 1970 as at 3 Jul 2009 (includes amendments listed above)

2 The Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 s. 211(2) reads as follows:


(2) The repeal effected by subsection (1) applies to and in respect of the will of any person dying on or after the date of the commencement of this section, whether the will was made or executed before, on or after that date but does not apply to the will of a person who died before that date.


3 Part IX of the Wills Act 1970 is affected by the Administration Act 1903 s. 47A.

4 Marginal notes in the Wills Act 1970 referring to legislation of other jurisdictions have been omitted from this reprint.


Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
apparent 10(1)
country 4
Court 39(1), 49
dispose of 4
disposition 4
document 32(1)
Family Court of Australia 14A(1)
Family Law Act 14A(1)
internal law 4
marriage 4
person concerned 39(1), 40(1)
place 4
previous will 41(2)
Principal Registrar 39(1)
property 4
statutory will 48(1)
the repeal 17(1)
will 4, 41(2)