Western Australian Numbered Acts

WILLS AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 27 OF 2007)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      The Act amended  
   4.      Section 4 amended  
   5.      Section 6 replaced  
   6.      Provision that may be made by will 2  
   6.      Section 7 amended  
   7.      Section 8 amended  
   8.      Section 9 amended  
   9.      Section 10 replaced  
   10.     Alterations after execution 4  
   10.     Section 11 inserted  
   11.     Situation in which a person cannot be a witness 5  
   11.     Part IV repealed  
   12.     Section 14 amended  
   13.     Section 14A inserted  
   14A.    Ending of marriage 6  
   14.     Section 15 replaced  
   15.     When will revoked 7  
   15.     Section 16 amended  
   16.     Sections 17, 18 and 19 replaced by section 17  
   17.     Saving for wills and revocations made under former provisions 8  
   17.     Sections 20, 21, 22 and 23 replaced by sections 20 and 21  
   20.     General rules as to formal validity 9  
   21.     Ascertainment of system of internal law 10  
   18.     Section 25 replaced  
   25.     Disposition of interest in property after making of will 11  
   19.     Section 26 amended  
   20.     Section 27 amended  
   21.     Section 28 amended  
   22.     Section 28A inserted  
   28A.    Use of extrinsic evidence to clarify a will 14  
   23.     Sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 replaced by sections 32 and 33  
   32.     Court may dispense with formal requirements 15  
   33.     Application of section 32 16  
   24.     Parts XI and XII inserted

   PART XI -- Wills of persons who lack testamentary capacity

           Division 1 -- Jurisdiction of Supreme Court to authorise the making, alteration and revocation of wills  

   39.     Interpretation 16  
   40.     Jurisdiction of Court to make, alter or revoke will 17  
   41.     Content of application under section 40 18  
   42.     Certain criteria to be applied by Court 19  
   43.     Further powers of Court 20  
   44.     Deposit of wills made under this Part with Principal Registrar 21  
   45.     Court may allow access to will 21  
   46.     Alteration or revocation of will authorised under this PART 22  
   47.     Protection of privacy of persons to whom applications relate 23

           Division 2 -- Wills of persons who lack testamentary capacity made under the law of another place  

   48.     Recognition of wills 23

   PART XII -- Rectification of wills by Supreme Court  

   49.     Definition 24  
   50.     Court may rectify a will 24  
   25.     Consequential amendments to other Acts
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Consequential amendments to other Acts  
           
[Assented to 26 October 2007]