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Wills Act 1968
Part 3Testamentary dispositions by members of the Defence Force
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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