Wills Act 2000 (NT)

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

WILLS ACT 2000

As in force at 1 January 2022

Table of provisions [if supportFields]><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&#160;</span>TOC \o &#34;1-9&#34; <span style='mso-element: field-separator'></span><![endif] — Preliminary1 — Short title2 — Commencement3 — Definitions4 — Purpose5 — Application of ActPart 2 — Capacity and formal requirementsDivision 1 — Capacity6 — Property that may be disposed of by will7 — Minimum age for making willDivision 2 — Execution of wills8 — How wills should be executed9 — Witnesses need not know the contents of what they are signing10 — When Court may dispense with requirements for execution of wills11 — Persons who may not be witnesses to wills12 — Can interested witnesses benefit from dispositions under wills?Division 3 — Revocation, alteration and revival of wills13 — How wills may be revoked14 — Effect of marriage on wills15 — Effect of divorce etc. on wills16 — How wills may be altered17 — How wills may be revivedPart 3 — Wills made or rectified under court authorisationDivision 1 — Wills made by minors18 — Court may authorise wills by minorsDivision 2 — Wills for persons without testamentary capacity19 — Court may make certain orders regarding persons without testamentary capacity20 — Leave of Court is required to make application21 — Court must be satisfied as to certain matters22 — Orders Court may make on application for leave23 — Application for authorisation of making etc. of will24 — Execution of will25 — Retention of will or instrument26 — Recognition of statutory willsDivision 3 — Rectification of wills by Court27 — Court may rectify willPart 4 — Construction of will28 — What interests in property do wills dispose of?29 — When do wills take effect?30 — Effect of failure of dispositions31 — Use of extrinsic evidence to clarify wills32 — Effect of change in testator's domicile33 — Income on contingent, future or deferred dispositions34 — Beneficiaries must survive testator by 30 days35 — What do general dispositions of property include?36 — What do general dispositions of land include?37 — Effect of devise of real property without words of limitation38 — How dispositions to issue operate39 — How requirements to survive with issue are to be construed40 — Dispositions not to fail because issue have died before testator41 — Construction of dispositions42 — Legacies to unincorporated associations of persons43 — Can persons delegate, by will, power to dispose of property?44 — Effect of referring to valuation in a willPart 5 — Wills under foreign law45 — Definition of 46 — General rule as to formal validity47 — Ascertainment of system of internal law48 — Construction of the law applying to wills under foreign law48A — Part does not…

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