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Wills Act 1968
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32 Wills deposited with registrar
(1) This section applies to a will deposited in the office of the registrar.
(2) The registrar may do any of the following:
(a) deposit the will with the public trustee and guardian;
(b) give the public trustee and guardian identifying information
about the will;
(c) if satisfied that the whole of the estate has been distributed, and
with the permission of a judge—destroy the will.
(3) The registrar must keep records of the following:
(a) any will deposited with the public trustee and guardian,
including the date it was deposited;
(b) any will given to a person, including the date and person to
whom it was given;
(c) any will destroyed, including the date of destruction.
Miscellaneous Part 4
Section 33
R22
23/02/26
Wills Act 1968
Effective: 23/02/26
page 43
Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au
(4) In this section:
identifying information, about a will, means information about the
testator or will that the public trustee and guardian uses to maintain
its register of legal records.
register of legal records, of the public trustee and guardian, means a
register kept under the Public Trustee and Guardian Act 1985,
section 23A.