This publication incorporates amendments made to the Administration and Probate Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
Administration and Probate Act 1958, No. 6191/1958
| Assent Date: | 30.9.58 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 105(4) inserted on 1.1.15 by No. 80/2014 s. 26: Special Gazette (No. 400) 29.10.14 p. 2; s. 108(4) inserted on 1.11.17 by No. 41/2017 s. 19: s. 2(2) |
| Note: | S. 105(4) repealed s. 105 on 1.1.17; s. 108(4) repealed s. 108 on 1.11.19 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Limitation of Actions (Personal Injury Claims) Act 1983, No. 9884/1983
| Assent Date: | 10.5.83 |
| Commencement Date: | 11.5.83: Government Gazette 11.5.83 p. 1145 |
Penalties and Sentences (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9945/1983
| Assent Date: | 20.9.83 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 2 on 1.9.81: s. 1(4); rest of Act on 20.12.83: Government Gazette 14.12.83 p. 4035; s. 8 repealed by No. 10096 s. 4(4) |
Trustee Companies Act 1984, No. 10168/1984
| Assent Date: | 20.11.84 |
| Commencement Date: | 5.12.84: Government Gazette 5.12.84 p. 4329 |
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986
| Assent Date: | 22.4.86 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1–11, 13–27, 29–34 on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180; s. 28 on 1.9.86: Government Gazette 27.8.86 p. 3201; s. 12 on 1.1.88: Government Gazette 7.10.87 p. 2701 |
Mental Health Act 1986, No. 59/1986
| Assent Date: | 3.6.86 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1–3, 21, 23, Sch 1 on 19.6.87: Government Gazette 17.6.87 p. 1538; rest of Act on 1.10.87: Government Gazette 30.9.87 p. 2585 |
| Assent Date: | 14.6.89 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 4(1)(a)–(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217 |
Administration and Probate (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 10/1994 (as amended by No. 9/1995)
| Assent Date: | 3.5.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 1, 2 on 3.5.94: s. 2(1); ss 3, 4, 7–15 on 27.4.95: Government Gazette 27.4.95 p. 973; rest of Act on 1.7.95: s. 2(3) |
State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994, No. 45/1994
| Assent Date: | 7.6.94 |
| Commencement Date: | Pt 1 (ss 1–3), s. 27 on 7.6.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: Special Gazette (No. 36) 23.6.94 p. 1 |
Valuation of Land (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 91/1994
| Assent Date: | 6.12.94 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 36(1) on 1.1.95: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
| Assent Date: | 6.11.96 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 453(Sch. 1 item 3) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Wills Act 1997, No. 88/1997 (as amended by No. 43/1998)
| Assent Date: | 2.12.97 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 53–61 on 20.7.98: Government Gazette 16.7.98 p. 1924 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
State Trustees (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 15/1998
| Assent Date: | 28.4.98 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 5–7 on 1.8.98: s. 2(3) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Administration and Probate (Dust Diseases) Act 2000, No. 15/2000
| Assent Date: | 21.11.00 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 3) on 22.11.00: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Courts and Tribunals Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, No. 78/2000
| Assent Date: | 28.11.00 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3, 4 on 28.11.00: s. 2(1) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (Relationships) Act 2001, No. 27/2001
| Assent Date: | 12.6.01 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 1) on 8.11.01: Government Gazette 8.11.01 p. 2797 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 27.6.01 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. item 2) on 15.7.01: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2005, No. 10/2005
| Assent Date: | 27.4.05 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 1) on 28.4.05: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 24.5.05 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 18(Sch. 1 item 2) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Relationships Act 2008, No. 12/2008
| Assent Date: | 15.4.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 73(1)(Sch. 1 item 2) on 1.12.08: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 2.6.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 26 on 1.12.08: s. 2(5) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 3.6.08 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 75 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 10.2.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 37(Sch. 1 item 2) on 1.12.09: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (Evidence Consequential Provisions) Act 2009, No. 69/2009
| Assent Date: | 24.11.09 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 2) on 1.1.10: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 11.5.10 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 17, 18 on 11.5.10: Special Gazette (No. 171) 11.5.10 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 4.6.13 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3 on 26.10.13: Special Gazette (No. 292) 20.8.13 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, No. 17/2014
| Assent Date: | 25.3.14 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 160(Sch. 2 item 2) on 1.7.15: Special Gazette (No. 151) 16.6.15 p. 1 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Justice Legislation Amendment (Succession and Surrogacy) Act 2014, No. 80/2014
| Assent Date: | 21.10.14 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 3–26 on 1.1.15: Special Gazette (No. 400) 29.10.14 p. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Assent Date: | 16.6.15 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 47 on 17.6.15: s. 2(3) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Administration and Probate and Other Acts Amendment (Succession and Related Matters) Act 2017, No. 41/2017
| Assent Date: | 19.9.17 |
| Commencement Date: | Ss 4–20 on 1.11.17: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Oaths and Affirmations Act 2018, No. 6/2018
| Assent Date: | 27.2.18 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 68(Sch. 2 item 1) on 1.3.19: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Guardianship and Administration Act 2019, No. 13/2019
| Assent Date: | 4.6.19 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 221(Sch. 1 item 1) on 1.3.20: s. 2(2) |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Statute Law Amendment (References to the Sovereign) Act 2023, No. 25/2023
| Assent Date: | 5.9.23 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 7(Sch. 1 item 2) on 6.9.23: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2025, No. 41/2025
| Assent Date: | 21.10.25 |
| Commencement Date: | S. 3(Sch. 1 item 3) on 22.10.25: s. 2 |
| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Administration and Probate Act 1958 |
| Date of Making: | 18.12.73 |
| Date of Commencement: | 1.2.74: reg. 1 |
3 Explanatory details
S. 35(1)(a): Section 15(1) of the Administration and Probate (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 10/1994 (repealed) read as follows:
15 Cases to which certain amendments do not apply
(1) The provisions of the Principal Act as amended by section 7, 8, 9, 10, 13(a) or 13(d) do not apply to a case where a person dies before the commencement of that section. ↑
S. 37: Section 251 of the Property Law Act 1958, No. 6344 reads as follows:
Section 2 - Administration and Probate Act 1958 - Table of Amendments | Zoe