62Supporting affidavit for reseal

62 Supporting affidavit for reseal

(1)  An application under Part VI of the Act for the reseal of a grant must be accompanied by an affidavit in support of that application –

(a) made by –

(i) all executors or administrators therein named within the meaning of that Part; or

(ii) an attorney in respect of each executor or administrator therein named; and

(b) in an approved form.

(2)  In addition to the requirements of subrule (1) , the affidavit in support of an application under Part VI of the Act must contain the following matters:

(a) the name, and details of the relationship to the deceased, of the applicant;

(b) if the applicant is a natural person, a statement that he or she has attained the age of 18 years;

(c) a statement of the capacity in which the applicant has applied for a reseal;

(d) if the applicant is the attorney of the executor or administrator of the estate, a statement that the attorney is duly authorised by the power of attorney of the executor or administrator to apply to the Court for the sealing of the grant;

(e) particulars of the date and place of the deceased's death or, if the date of death is not known –

(i) the date on which the deceased was last seen alive; and

(ii) if known, the date on which the deceased's body was found;

(f) particulars of the jurisdiction in which the deceased was domiciled at the date of his or her death;

(g) a statement that the deceased left property in Tasmania;

(h) a statement identifying the grant of probate (or letters of administration of the estate) issued by a foreign court, to which the application relates, stating the date on which the grant was issued and the particulars of the Court that issued the grant;