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

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Mechanically, the Act treats any will or similar testamentary gift to the Adelaide Children's Hospital Incorporated or the Queen Victoria Hospital Incorporated as a gift to the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children, and it does so for dispositions made before or after the Act. It affects testators, executors, estate beneficiaries and the named organisations because it redirects legacy and future bequests to a successor body while preserving any testator's alternative gift‑over instructions if the original beneficiary ceases to exist.

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

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 1 Short title 3 Certain dispositions to benefit the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children 4 Special 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 or www.legislation.sa.gov.au. 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

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

Contents 1 Short title 3 Certain dispositions to benefit the Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children 4 Special provision relating to gifts over etc Legislative history