Wills Amendment Act 2007 (Vic)

Wills Amendment Act 2007

No. 38 of 2007

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Matters of which Court must be satisfied before granting application for leave

4Insertion of new section 52A

52ATransitional provision—Wills Amendment Act 2007

5Repeal of Act

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Endnotes

Wills Amendment Act 2007

No. 38 of 2007

[Assented to 14 August 2007]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Wills Act 1997 to make further provision for matters of which the Supreme Court is to be satisfied under section 26 of that Act.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Matters of which Court must be satisfied before granting application for leave

For section 26(b) of the Wills Act 1997 substitute—

"(b)the proposed will or revocation reflects what the intentions of the person would be likely to be, or what the intentions of the person might reasonably be expected to be, if he or she had testamentary capacity; and".

4Insertion of new section 52A

After section 52 of the Wills Act 1997 insert—

"52ATransitional provision—Wills Amendment Act 2007

Section 26, as amended by the Wills Amendment Act 2007, applies to an application for leave to apply for an order under section 21 made before the commencement of section 3 of the Wills Amendment Act 2007 that has not been determined before that commencement.".

5Repeal of Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 23 May 2007

Legislative Council: 19 July 2007

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Wills Act 1997 and for other purposes."