Probate and Administration Act 1898
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98 District agents
98 District agents
(1) For the purpose of receiving applications for probate or administration under this division, a person may be appointed, as provided by the rules, in any town beyond 48 kilometres from Sydney, where the Local Court sits, to act as district agent for the Registrar.
(2) Any person holding the office of district registrar immediately prior to the commencement of the Supreme Court Act 1970 shall be deemed to have been appointed as provided by the rules.
s 98: Am 1938 No 30, sec 6 (k). Subst 1970 No 52, Second Sch. Am 1977 No 122, Sch 4 (10); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.106; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.106.