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Probate Rules 2017
33Notice of intention to apply for grant
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### 33 Notice of intention to apply for grant
> > (1) A person intending to apply to the Registrar for a grant must, at least 14 days before filing the application, ensure that a notice of intention is published on the website maintained by or on behalf of the Court.
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> > (2) A notice of intention in respect of a deceased published under [subrule (1)](#GS33@Gs1@EN) must include the following information:
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> > > > (a) the name, including all known aliases, of the person intending to apply for the grant;
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> > > > (b) the name, including all known aliases, of the deceased in relation to whom the grant is sought;
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> > > > (c) the address of –
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> > > > > > (i) the person intending to apply for the grant; and
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> > > > > > (ii) the Australian legal practitioner acting for that person in respect of the application for the grant, if any;
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> > > > (d) the last known residential address of the deceased;
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> > > > (e) if the deceased left a will –
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> > > > > > (i) the date of the will and of any other testamentary dispositions for which the grant is sought; and
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> > > > > > (ii) the names of the people identified in the will as executors of the will;
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> > > > (f) the relationship between the person intending to apply and the deceased;
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> > > > (g) a statement that, at least 14 days after the publication of the notice of intention, the person specified in [paragraph (a)](#GS33@Gs2@Hpa@EN) intends to apply for the grant in respect of the deceased's estate, and indicating the type of grant that will be applied for.
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> > (3) In order for publication to occur in accordance with [subrule (1)](#GS33@Gs1@EN) , the person intending to apply for a grant must provide to the Registrar an electronic copy of the notice of intention in an approved form.
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> > (4) After receiving a notice of intention under [subrule (3)](#GS33@Gs3@EN) , the Court, a judge, or the Registrar may require the person intending to apply for the grant to perform one or more of the following actions:
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> > > > (a) publish more than one notice of intention;
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> > > > (b) publish a notice of intention in a manner other than on the website maintained by the Court;
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> > > > (c) serve a copy of a notice of intention on a person whose interests, in the opinion of the Court, a judge or the Registrar, may be affected by the issue of the grant.