69Manner of distribution to next of kin

69 Manner of distribution to next of kin (1) Where, by virtue of this Act, the next of kin of an intestate are entitled to his or her intestate estate, the persons entitled to that intestate estate shall be ascertained in accordance with the following paragraphs: (a) the brothers and sisters of the intestate who survived the intestate, and the issue of a brother or sister of the intestate who died before the intestate, being issue who survived the intestate, are entitled to the intestate estate; (b) if the intestate is not survived by any persons entitled to the intestate estate under paragraph (a) but is survived by one or more of his or her grandparents, the grandparent is entitled to the intestate estate or the grandparents are entitled to the intestate estate in equal shares, as the case requires; and (c) if the intestate is not survived by any persons entitled to the intestate estate under paragraphs (a) and (b), the uncles and aunts of the intestate who survived the intestate and the issue of such an uncle or aunt who died before the intestate, being issue who survived the intestate, are entitled to the intestate (2) The intestate estate of an intestate shall be divided amongst the brothers and sisters or the uncles and aunts of the intestate, and the issue of those brothers or sisters, or uncles or aunts, who died before the intestate, in the same manner as the intestate estate would have been divided amongst those persons if the brothers and sisters or the uncles and aunts, as the case may be, had been children of the intestate and the issue of a brother, sister, uncle or aunt who died before the intestate had been issue of a child of the intestate who died before the intestate. Administration and Probate Act 1969 27