Wills Act 2012 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

WILLS ACT 2012

[Consolidated as at 14 February 2013 on the authority of the Administrator and in accordance with the Enactments Reprinting Act 1980]

[Part 5 not yet commenced]

table of provisions

Section Page Part 1—Preliminary................................................... 1. Citation.................................................... 2. Commencement.............................................. 3. Definitions.................................................. Part 2—The Making, Alteration, Revocation and Revival of Wills................... Division 1—Making a will............................................. 4. What property may be disposed of by will?............................ 5. Minimum age for making a will.................................... Division 2—Executing a will............................................ 6. How should a will be executed?.................................... 7. Must witnesses know that they are signing a will?........................ Division 3—Dispensing with requirements for execution, alteration or revocation of a will... 8. When may the Court dispense with requirements for execution or revocation?..... Division 4—Witnessing a will........................................... 9. What persons cannot act as witnesses to wills?.......................... 10. Can an interested witness benefit from a disposition under a will?............. Division 5—Alteration, revocation and revival of wills........................... 11. When and how can a will be revoked?................................ 12. What is the effect of marriage on a will?.............................. 13. What is the effect of divorce or an annulment on a will?.................... 14. Can a will be altered?........................................... 15. Can a revoked will be revived?..................................... Part 3—Wills Made or Rectified Under Court Authorisation...................... Division 1—Court authorised wills by minors................................. 16. Court may authorise minor to make, alter or revoke a will................... Division 2—Court authorised wills for persons who do not have testamentary capacity...... 17. Wills for persons who do not have testamentary capacity authorised by the Court.... 18. Hearing an application for an order.................................. 19. Powers of the Court in making an order............................... 20. Revocation of a will made under an order under section 21.................. 21. Execution and storage of wills made under an order under section 21............ 22. Matters of which Court must be satisfied before application for leave to make an application may be granted 23. Hearing an application for leave.................................... 24. Information which the Court may require in support of an application for leave..... 25. Persons who are entitled to appear at an application for leave................. 26. Recognition of statutory wills...................................... Division 3—Court authorised rectification of wills.............................. 27. Can a will be rectified?.......................................... 28. Order to be attached to will....................................... Part 4—Construction of Wills............................................ Division 1—General rules about the construction of wills......................... 29. What interest in property does a will operate to dispose of?.................. 30. When does a will take effect?...................................... 31. What is the effect of a failure of a disposition?.......................... 32. When is evidence admissible to clarify a will?........................... 33. What is the effect of a change in the testator's domicile?.................... 34. Income on contingent and future dispositions........................... 35. Beneficiaries must survive testator by 30 days........................... Division 2—Construction of particular provisions in wills......................... 36 What does a general disposition of land include?......................... 37. What does a general disposition of property include?...................... 38 What is the effect of a disposition of real property without words of limitation?..... 39. How are dispositions to issue to operate?.............................. 40. How are requirements to survive with issue construed?..................... 41. Dispositions not to fail because issue have died before the testator.............. 42. Construction of residuary dispositions................................ 43. Dispositions to unincorporated associations of persons..................... 44. Can a person, by will, delegate the power to dispose of property?.............. 45. What is the effect of referring to a valuation in a will?...................... Division 6—Wills to which foreign laws apply................................ 46. General rule as to validity of a will executed in a foreign place................ 47. Ascertainment of the system of law which applies to a will.................. 48 Construction of the law applying to wills.............................. PART 5—INTERNATIONAL WILLS...................................... 49. Definitions.................................................. 50. Application of Convention........................................ 51. Persons authorised to act in connection with international wills................ 52. Witnesses to international wills.................................... 53. Application of Act to international wills................................ Part 6—DEPOSIT OF WILLS........................................... 54. Deposit of wills with Registrar..................................... 55. Power to prescribe fees 56. Delivery of wills by Registrar 57. Who may see a will?........................................... Part 7 —Transitional and Consequential Provisions............................. 58. Repeal of Wills Act 1973........................................ 59. Transitional provisions.......................................... SCHEDULE....................................................... Annex to Convention providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will 1973...