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Legislation repealed by principal
Act
The Wills Act 1936 repealed the following:
An Act for adopting a certain Act of Parliament intituled "An Act for
the Amendment of the Laws with respect to Wills" in the administration of
Justice in South Australia in like manner as other laws in England are applied
therein (No. 16 of 1842)
An Act for the amendment of the laws with respect to wills (The Imperial
Act 7 Will. 4 and 1 Vict., c. 26)
Wills Amendment Act 1862
An Act to amend the law with respect to wills (No. 620 of
1895)
Wills (Naval and Military Services) Amendment
Act 1915
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
|
Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
|
1936 |
2302 |
5.11.1936 |
1.6.1937 (Gazette 25.3.1937 p644) |
|
|
1940 |
11 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1940 |
26.9.1940 |
26.9.1940 |
|
1966 |
27 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1966 |
17.3.1966 |
17.3.1966 |
|
1969 |
13 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1969 |
27.2.1969 |
27.2.1969 |
|
1972 |
10 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1972 |
23.3.1972 |
31.5.1973 (Gazette 31.5.1973 p2318) |
|
1975 |
55 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1975 |
17.4.1975 |
17.4.1975 |
|
1975 |
86 |
Wills Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975 |
20.11.1975 |
29.1.1976 (Gazette 29.1.1976 p357) |
|
1980 |
34 |
Wills Act Amendment Act 1980 |
17.4.1980 |
1.1.1980: s 2 |
|
1990 |
54 |
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1990 |
22.11.1990 |
Sch 3—18.2.1991 (Gazette 10.1.1991 p30) |
|
1994 |
9 |
Wills (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1994 |
21.4.1994 |
1.7.1994 (Gazette 2.6.1994 p1522) |
|
1996 |
36 |
Wills (Wills for Persons Lacking Testamentary Capacity) Amendment
Act 1996 |
2.5.1996 |
10.6.1996 (Gazette 23.5.1996 p2534) |
|
1996 |
39 |
Wills (Effect of Termination of Marriage) Amendment
Act 1996 |
6.6.1996 |
5.8.1996 (Gazette 27.6.1996 p3104) |
|
1998 |
59 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1998 |
3.9.1998 |
Pt 13 (s 22)—13.12.1998 (Gazette 3.12.1998
p1676) |
|
2000 |
57 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2000 |
20.7.2000 |
Pt 15 (ss 30 & 31)—14.8.2000 (Gazette 10.8.2000
p444) |
|
2003 |
44 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2003 |
23.10.2003 |
Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048) |
|
2006 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006 |
6.7.2006 |
Pt 80 (s 257)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831) |
|
2006 |
43 |
Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 |
14.12.2006 |
Pt 93 (ss 223—225)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007
p1352) |
Provisions amended since 3 February
1976
• Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal
notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in
Volume 11 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page
564.
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in
italics.
|
Provision |
How varied |
Commencement |
|
Long title |
amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
Pt 1 |
|
|
|
s 1 |
substituted by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 2 |
deleted by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 3 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
inserted by 9/1994 s 3(a) |
1.7.1994 |
|
|
inserted by 9/1994 s 3(b) |
1.7.1994 |
|
|
Pt 2 |
|
|
|
Pt 2 Div 1 |
heading preceding s 4 deleted and Div 1 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 4 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
Pt 2 Div 2 |
heading preceding s 5 deleted and Div 2 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 5 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
substituted by 9/1994 s 4 |
1.7.1994 |
|
s 6 |
inserted by 9/1994 s 4 |
1.7.1994 |
|
s 7 |
inserted by 36/1996 s 3 |
10.6.1996 |
|
s 7(1) |
amended by 17/2006 s 257(1) |
4.9.2006 |
|
s 7(7) |
amended by 17/2006 s 257(2) |
4.9.2006 |
|
Pt 2 Div 3 |
heading preceding s 8 deleted and Div 3 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 7A |
inserted by 43/2006 s 223 |
1.6.2007 |
|
s 8 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
substituted by 9/1994 s 5 |
1.7.1994 |
|
s 9 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
deleted by 9/1994 s 6 |
1.7.1994 |
|
s 11 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 12 |
|
|
|
s 12(2) |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
substituted by 9/1994 s 7 |
1.7.1994 |
|
|
substituted by 59/1998 s 22 |
13.12.1998 |
|
|
substituted by 57/2000 s 30 |
14.8.2000 |
|
s 12(3) |
inserted by 9/1994 s 7 |
1.7.1994 |
|
|
substituted by 59/1998 s 22 |
13.12.1998 |
|
|
substituted by 57/2000 s 30 |
14.8.2000 |
|
s 12(4) and (5) |
inserted by 9/1994 s 7 |
1.7.1994 |
|
ss 13 and 14 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 15 |
deleted by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 16 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 17 |
s 17(1) amended and redesignated as s 17 by 54/1990 s 3(1)
(Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
amended by 43/2006 s 224 |
1.6.2007 |
|
s 18 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
amended by 43/2006 s 225 |
1.6.2007 |
|
s 19 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
Pt 2 Div 4 |
heading preceding s 20 deleted and Div 4 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 20 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 20A |
inserted by 39/1996 s 3 |
5.8.1996 |
|
s 21 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 22 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
|
amended by 39/1996 s 4 |
5.8.1996 |
|
|
amended by 57/2000 s 31 |
14.8.2000 |
|
s 23 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
Pt 2 Div 5 |
heading preceding s 24 deleted and Div 5 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 24 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
Pt 2 Div 6 |
heading preceding s 25 deleted and Div 6 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 25 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
Pt 2 Div 7 |
heading preceding s 25AA inserted by 9/1994 s 8 |
1.7.1994 |
|
|
heading preceding s 25AA deleted and Div 7 heading inserted by
44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1) |
24.11.2003 |
|
s 25AA |
inserted by 9/1994 s 8 |
1.7.1994 |
|
Pt 3 |
heading substituted by 36/1996 s 4 |
10.6.1996 |
|
s 25A |
|
|
|
s 25A(2)—(5) |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 25B |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 25C |
s 25C(1) amended and redesignated as s 25C by 54/1990 s 3(1)
(Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 25D |
inserted by 36/1996 s 5 |
10.6.1996 |
|
ss 26—37 |
amended by 54/1990 s 3(1) (Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
|
s 38 |
s 39 inserted by 34/1980 s 3 |
1.1.1980 |
|
|
s 39 amended and redesignated as s 38 by 54/1990 s 3(1)
(Sch 3) |
18.2.1991 |
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or
amendments
Wills (Miscellaneous) Amendment
Act 1994
9—Application of amendments to
formality requirements
The amendments made to section 8 of the principal Act by section 5 of this
Act and the repeal of section 9 of the principal Act by section 6 of this Act
have effect in relation to wills whether made before, on or after the
commencement of this Act.
Wills (Effect of Termination of Marriage) Amendment
Act 1996
The amendments made to the principal Act by this Act apply in relation to a
will of a person dying after the commencement of this Act whether the will was
made or the marriage terminated before or after the commencement.
Historical versions
|
Reprint No 1—1.7.1994 |
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Reprint No 2—10.6.1996 |
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Reprint No 3—5.8.1996 |
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Reprint No 4—13.12.1998 |
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Reprint No 5—14.8.2000 |
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Reprint No 6—24.11.2003 |
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4.9.2006 |
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