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Administration and Probate Act 1969
76Right not exercisable in certain other cases
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76 Right not exercisable in certain other cases
Where:
(a) a dwelling forms part of a building and an interest in the whole
of the building is comprised in the intestate estate of an
(b) a dwelling is held with agricultural land and an interest in the
agricultural land is comprised in the intestate estate of an
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(c) the whole or part of a dwelling was, at the date of an
intestate's death, used as a hotel or boarding-house; or
(d) a part of a dwelling was, at the date of an intestate's death,
used for purposes other than domestic purposes,
the right conferred by this Division on the spouse or de facto
partner of the intestate in respect of the dwelling is not exercisable
by the spouse or de facto partner unless the Court, being satisfied
that the exercise of that right is not likely to:
(e) diminish the value of the assets (other than the interest in the
dwelling) in the intestate estate; or
(f) make those assets more difficult to dispose of,
orders that it be so exercisable.