Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1929 - SECT 27

The person applying for grant of special letters of administration must, in addition to the oath usually taken by administrators, satisfy the Supreme Court by affidavit that the executor or administrator of the estate of the deceased person is resident out of the jurisdiction, and that—

        (a)     the applicant is thereby delayed in recovering or obtaining payment of money or the possession of goods and chattels, or real estate, to which he or she is by law entitled; or

        (b)     the estate is liable to loss or waste.