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Wills Act 1968
15DAdditional rules as to formal validity
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15D Additional rules as to formal validity
(1) Without limiting section 15C, the following wills shall be taken to
have been properly made:
(a) a will made on board any vessel or aircraft where the making of
the will was in accordance with the internal law in force in the
country or place with which, having regard to its registration
(if any) and other relevant circumstances, the vessel or aircraft
may be taken to have been most closely connected;
(b) a will, so far as it disposes of immovable property, where the
will was made in accordance with the internal law in force in the
country or place where the property is situated;
Formal validity of wills Part 2A
Section 15E
R22
23/02/26
Wills Act 1968
Effective: 23/02/26
page 17
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
(c) a will, so far as it revokes—
(i) a will; or
(ii) a provision of a will;
that under this Act would be taken to have been properly made,
if the later will was made in accordance with any law by
reference to which the revoked will or the will containing the
revoked provision, as the case may be, would be so taken to have
been properly made.
(2) A will, so far as it exercises a power of appointment, shall not be
taken to have been improperly made by reason only that it was not
made in accordance with any formal requirements contained in the
instrument creating the power.