Probate Rules 2017
73Witnessing of administration bonds
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73 Witnessing of administration bonds
(1) The signing of an administration bond by the person executing the bond is to be witnessed by the Registrar, a justice of the peace or an Australian legal practitioner.
(2) Despite subrule (1) , an administration bond is not to be witnessed by –
(a) an Australian legal practitioner acting for –
(i) the person executing the bond; or
(ii) the estate to which the bond relates; or
(b) a justice of the peace who is an employee of the law practice of the person specified in paragraph (a) .
(3) The signature of the person executing the administration bond, if not taken in the Registry, must be witnessed by the same person before whom the affidavit supporting the application for the grant, to which the bond relates, is sworn.