Administration and Probate (Distribution on Intestacy) Amendment Act 2009 (SA)

South Australia

Administration and Probate (Distribution on Intestacy) Amendment Act 2009

An Act to amend the Administration and Probate Act 1919.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Administration and Probate (Distribution on Intestacy) Amendment Act 2009.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Administration and Probate Act 1919

3—Amendment of section 72G—Distribution of intestate estate

1. (1)

   Section 72G(b)(i)(A)—delete "$10 000" and substitute:

   the prescribed amount

2. (2)

   Section 72G(b)(i)(B)—delete "$10 000, to the sum of $10 000" and substitute:

   the prescribed amount, to the prescribed amount

3. (3)

   Section 72G—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

   1. (2)

      In this section—

   prescribed amount means—

   1. (a)

      $100 000; or

   2. (b)

      if an amount greater than $100 000 is prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this section—that amount.

Schedule 1—Transitional provision

An amendment made by this Act to the Administration and Probate Act 1919