Adelaide Children's Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital (Testamentary Dispositions) Act 1990 (SA)

South Australia

Adelaide Children's Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital (Testamentary Dispositions) Act 1990

An Act to construe certain testamentary dispositions in favour of the Adelaide Children's Hospital Incorporated and the Queen Victoria Hospital Incorporated to be in favour of the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children; and for other purposes.

Contents

1Short title

3Certain dispositions to benefit the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children

4Special provision relating to gifts over etc

Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Adelaide Children's Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital (Testamentary Dispositions) Act 1990.

3—Certain dispositions to benefit the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children

(1)A testamentary disposition, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, in favour of—

(a)the Adelaide Children's Hospital Incorporated; or

(b)the Queen Victoria Hospital Incorporated,

will be taken to be a disposition in favour of the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children.

(2)The execution (before the enactment of this section) of a testamentary disposition of a kind referred to in subsection (1) is not invalidated by the retrospective operation of this Act.

(3)In this section a reference to a testamentary disposition extends to a surrender or release effected by a testamentary disposition.

4—Special provision relating to gifts over etc

Section 3 does not operate to defeat the intention of a testator or testatrix who provided that, should the beneficiary cease to exist, the disposition was to lapse or was to be in favour of some other person or body.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.

Principal Act

Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement
1990	86	Adelaide Children's Hospital and Queen Victoria Hospital (Testamentary Dispositions) Act 1990	20.12.1990	19.1.1989: s 2

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision	How varied	Commencement
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	§