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Administration and Probate Act 1929
49AInterest of partner on intestacy in personal chattels
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49A Interest of partner on intestacy in personal chattels
If an intestate is survived by his or her partner, the partner is entitled
to take, absolutely, any personal chattels of the intestate that are not
effectively disposed of by the will (if any) of the intestate.
49AA Immovable property if intestate domiciled elsewhere
(1) If—
(a) an intestate was, at the time of death, domiciled in the ACT; and
(b) immovable property situated in a place outside the ACT forms
part of the intestate estate; and
(c) the intestate is survived both by a partner and by issue; and
(d) the partner is, under a law of that place, entitled to part or all of
that property, or to a sum of money calculated by reference to
the value of part or all of that property;
the property or part of the property, or the sum of money, to which,
under that law, the partner is entitled, is taken to form part of the
intestate estate for section 49 (3).
(2) Subject to subsection (4), if—
(a) an intestate was, at the time of death, domiciled outside the
ACT; and
(b) the intestate is survived both by a partner and by issue; and
(c) immovable property situated in the ACT forms part of the
intestate estate; and
(d) the partner is, under a law of a place outside the ACT, entitled
to all or part of any other property (other than personal chattels)
that forms part of the intestate estate, or to a sum of money
calculated by reference to the value of all or part of that other
property;
the property or part of the property, or the sum of money, to which,
under that law, the partner is entitled, is taken to form part of the
intestate estate for section 49 (3).
(3) If property or a sum of money is, under subsection (1) or (2), taken to
form part of the intestate estate of an intestate, schedule 6, part 6.1,
item 2 applies as if the references in that item to $200 000 were
references to the sum ascertained by deducting from $200 000 an
amount equal to the value of that property, or to that sum of money.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an intestate estate if the
partner’s share in that part of the estate that devolves in accordance
with the law of the place where the intestate was domiciled would,
under that law, be reduced by an amount calculated by reference to
the value of part or all of the immovable property referred to in
subsection (2) (c).