62CPersons authorised to act in connection with international wills

62C Persons authorised to act in connection with international wills

[Section 62C Inserted by No. 37 of 2012, s. 6, Applied:11 Mar 2015]

(1)  For the purposes of this Part, the following persons are authorised to act in connection with an international will:

(a) an Australian legal practitioner;

(b) a public notary of any Australian jurisdiction.

(2)  For the purposes of this Part, a reference in the Annex to the Convention to a person authorised to act in connection with international wills is a reference to –

(a) a person referred to in subsection (1) who is acting in Australia; or

(b) any other person who is acting as an authorised person under the law of a state (other than Australia) that is a party to the Convention.

Note

This section gives effect to Articles II and III of the Convention.