Part 3Testamentary dispositions by members of the Defence Force

Part 3 Testamentary dispositions by members of the Defence Force Section 16 page 20 Wills Act 1968 Effective: 23/02/26 R22 23/02/26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (d) if the person made the declaration or appointment in writing— the relationship between the person and any other person— (i) to whom the person gave that writing; or (ii) in whose presence the person wrote or signed that writing; or (iii) who wrote that writing at the request or by the direction of the person. (5) Subsection (3) is in addition to and not in substitution for any rules of law or procedure concerning evidence that is admissible in proceedings. (6) Each of the following classes of persons is specified for this section: (a) members of the Defence Force who are in actual armed service; (b) persons employed outside Australia as representatives of organisations rendering philanthropic, welfare or medical service to members of the Defence Force; (c) prisoners of war or persons interned in a country under the sovereignty, or in the occupation, of the enemy or in a neutral country who became prisoners of war or were so interned as a result of war or warlike operations and were, immediately before their capture or internment, persons included in a class of persons specified in paragraphs (a) or (b). (7) A person is not excluded from a class of persons specified in subsection (6) by reason only of the fact that he or she has not attained the age of 18 years.

Court authorised wills for people without testamentary capacity Part 3A Section 16A R22 23/02/26 Wills Act 1968 Effective: 23/02/26 page 21 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Part 3A Court authorised wills for people without testamentary capacity