Tasmanian Numbered Acts

WILLS ACT 2008 (NO. 58 OF 2008) - SECT 4

4. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

"Board" means the Guardianship and Administration Board established under the Guardianship and Administration Act 1995 ;

"Court" means the Supreme Court of Tasmania;

"disposition" includes –

(a) any gift, devise or bequest of property under a will; and

(b) the creation by will of a power of appointment affecting property; and

(c) the exercise by will of a power of appointment affecting property;

"document" , except in section 10(4), means any paper or other material on which there is writing;

"grant of probate" includes grant of administration with the will annexed;

"internal law" , used in relation to a country or place, means the law that would apply in a case where no question of the law in force in any other country or place arose;

"law practice" has the same meaning as in the Legal Profession Act 2007 ;

"minor" means a person under the age of 18 years;

"property" includes –

(a) any contingent, executory or future interest in property; and

(b) any right of entry or recovery of property or right to call for the transfer of title to property;

"Public Trustee" means The Public Trustee referred to in section 4 of the Public Trustee Act 1930 ;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Court;

"Rules" means Rules of Court made and in force under section 65;

"spouse" , in relation to a person, includes the person who is in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with that person;

"statutory will" means a will executed by virtue of a statutory provision on behalf of a person who, at the time of execution, lacked testamentary capacity;

"will" includes a codicil and any other testamentary disposition.