1
Short title
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921 .
//
© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the Federal Register of Legislation for authoritative text.
Tasmania act
This Act creates a single legal rule: where two or more people die and it is uncertain who died first, their deaths are treated as happening in order of age, with the younger presumed to have outlived the elder. It applies to questions about property title. The mechanism fixes which persons inherit or hold property after simultaneous deaths unless parties produce evidence showing a different order.
Want the full deep dive?
Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.
Direct links to the current provisions in Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921.
This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921 .
In all cases where two or more persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived, their deaths shall for all purposes affecting the title to any property be presumed to have taken place in order of seniority, and the younger be presumed to have survived the elder.
Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This Act may be cited as the Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921 .
In all cases where two or more persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain which of them survived, their deaths shall for all purposes affecting the title to any property be presumed to have taken place in order of seniority, and the younger be presumed to have survived the elder.