Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2026

1 Objective

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe fees payable to the registrar of probates under Division 1A of Part I of the Administration and Probate Act 1958.

2 Authorising provision

These Regulations are made under section 5B of the Administration and Probate Act 1958.

3 Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1 July 2026.

4 Revocation

The Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2016[1] are revoked.

5 Fees under Division 1A of Part I of the Administration and Probate Act 1958

(1) For the purpose of section 5A(2) of the Administration and Probate Act 1958, the prescribed fee payable for depositing a will with the registrar is 1·6 fee units.

Note

Section 5A(3) of the Administration and Probate Act 1958 provides that no fee is payable in respect of any will deposited with the registrar if the deposit is made because a legal practitioner has died, or has ceased, or is about to cease, practising in Victoria.

(2) For the purpose of section 5C(1) of the Administration and Probate Act 1958, the prescribed fee payable for delivery of a deposited will by the registrar is 2·7 fee units.

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Endnotes

1 General information

See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

The Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2026, S.R. No. 57/2026 were made on 2 June 2026 by the Governor in Council under section 5B of the Administration and Probate Act 1958, No. 6191/1958 and came into operation on 1 July 2026: regulation 3.

The Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2026 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 2 June 2036 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).

• Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

• Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

• Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).

2 Table of Amendments

There are no amendments made to the Administration and Probate (Deposit of Wills) (Fees) Regulations 2026 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.

3 Explanatory details

1. Reg. 4: S.R. No. 83/2016.

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Fee Units

These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.

The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2026 is $17.27. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.

The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. ↑