Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2012 (WA)

Western Australia

Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision)

Amendment Act 2012

Western Australia

Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision)

Amendment Act 2012

CONTENTS

1.	Short title	2
2.	Commencement	2
3.	Act amended	2
4.	Section 5 replaced	2

5. Section 4 amended 2

5. Section 9 amended 2

Western Australia

Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision)

Amendment Act 2012

No. 41 of 2012

An Act to amend the Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision)

Amendment Act 2011.

[Assented to 22 November 2012]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2012

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1.             Short title

This is the Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision)

Amendment Act 2012.

2.             Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives

the Royal Assent.

3.             Act amended

This Act amends the Inheritance (Family and Dependants

Provision) Amendment Act 2011.

4.             Section 5 replaced

Delete section 5 and insert:

5.             Section 4 amended

In section 4(1) insert in alphabetical order:

stepchild means a person who was alive on the date on

which the deceased married or entered into a de facto

relationship with a parent of the person but who is not a

child of the deceased;

5.             Section 9 amended

In section 9(1)(b) in the insertion delete paragraph (eb) and

insert:

(eb) a stepchild of the deceased, if —

(i)      the deceased received or was entitled to receive property from the estate of a

Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2012

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parent of the stepchild, otherwise than

as a creditor of that estate; and

(ii)      the value of that property, at the time of the parent’s death, is greater than the prescribed amount;