13Registrar may allow inspections of documents

13 Registrar may allow inspections of documents

(1)  The Registrar may grant permission for a relevant person in respect of a deceased to –

(a) search, inspect or make a copy of a will or other document filed with the Registrar in respect of the deceased; or

(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.

(2)  For the purposes of subrule (1) , a relevant person in relation to a deceased is one of the following people:

(a) the executor or administrator of the deceased's estate;

(b) a beneficiary of the deceased's estate;

(c) a person named or referred to in the will of the deceased, whether as beneficiary or not;

(d) the surviving spouse, parent or guardian or issue of the deceased;

(e) a beneficiary of a prior will or purported will of the deceased;

(f) a person who would be entitled to a share of the deceased's estate, if the deceased had died intestate;

(g) a parent or guardian of a person referred to in this subrule, if that person is a minor;

(h) an attorney of a person referred to in this subrule;

(i) in the case of an election referred to in subrule (1)(b) filed by the Public Trustee, the Public Trustee;

(j) in the case of an election referred to in subrule (1)(b) filed by a trustee company, an officer or employee of that company;

(k) a person having a valid reason in the opinion of the Registrar to –

(i) in the case of an affidavit, search, inspect or make a copy of that affidavit; or

(ii) in the case of an election, inspect or make a copy of that election;

(l) an Australian legal practitioner acting for a person referred to in this subrule.