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### 13 Registrar may allow inspections of documents
> > (1) The Registrar may grant permission for a relevant person in respect of a deceased to –
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> > > > (a) search, inspect or make a copy of a will or other document filed with the Registrar in respect of the deceased; or
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> > > > (b) inspect or make a copy of information contained in an election filed by the Public Trustee, or a trustee company in respect of the deceased.
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> > (2) For the purposes of [subrule (1)](#GS13@Gs1@EN) , a relevant person in relation to a deceased is one of the following people:
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> > > > (a) the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate;
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> > > > (b) a beneficiary of the deceased's estate;
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> > > > (c) a person named or referred to in the will of the deceased, whether as beneficiary or not;
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> > > > (d) the surviving spouse, parent or guardian or issue of the deceased;
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> > > > (e) a beneficiary of a prior will or purported will of the deceased;
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> > > > (f) a person who would be entitled to a share of the deceased's estate, if the deceased had died intestate;
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> > > > (g) a parent or guardian of a person referred to in this subrule, if that person is a minor;
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> > > > (h) an attorney of a person referred to in this subrule;
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> > > > (i) in the case of an election referred to in [subrule (1)(b)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpb@EN) filed by the Public Trustee, the Public Trustee;
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> > > > (j) in the case of an election referred to in [subrule (1)(b)](#GS13@Gs1@Hpb@EN) filed by a trustee company, an officer or employee of that company;
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> > > > (k) a person having a valid reason in the opinion of the Registrar to –
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> > > > > > (i) in the case of an affidavit, search, inspect or make a copy of that affidavit; or
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> > > > > > (ii) in the case of an election, inspect or make a copy of that election;
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> > > > (l) an Australian legal practitioner acting for a person referred to in this subrule.
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> > (3) If a grant has been ordered to be issued by the Court, or an election has been filed by the Public Trustee, or a trustee company, a person may be provided with a copy of the grant or election if the Registrar is satisfied that the person is a relevant person.