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Succession Act 1981
sec.33BBeneficiaries must survive testator for 30 days
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### sec.33B Beneficiaries must survive testator for 30 days
If a disposition of property is made to a person who dies within 30 days after the testator’s death, the will takes effect as if the person had died immediately before the testator.
Subsection (1) does not apply if a contrary intention appears in the will.
A general requirement or condition that a beneficiary survive the testator is not a contrary intention.
s 33B ins 2006 No. 1 s 6
(sec.33B-ssec.1) If a disposition of property is made to a person who dies within 30 days after the testator’s death, the will takes effect as if the person had died immediately before the testator.
(sec.33B-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply if a contrary intention appears in the will.
(sec.33B-ssec.3) A general requirement or condition that a beneficiary survive the testator is not a contrary intention.