Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) This section applies if a court of competent jurisdiction in a reciprocating jurisdiction has granted probate of a will, administration of an estate or an order to collect and administer an estate.
(2) On application by a relevant person, the Supreme Court may order that the probate, administration or order be sealed with the seal of the court.
(3) For subsection (2), each of the following is a relevant person :
(a) for a probate of a will—
(i) the executor to whom the probate was granted; or
(ii) a person authorised by the executor, under a power of attorney, to make the application; or
(iii) the executor, by representation, of the will;
(b) for administration of an estate—
(i) the administrator to whom the administration was granted; or
(ii) the person authorised by the administrator, under a power of attorney, to make the application;
(c) for an order to collect and administer an estate—a public trustee in the reciprocating jurisdiction to whom the order was granted.
(4) In this section:
"reciprocating jurisdiction" means—
(a) a State; or
(b) a Commonwealth country; or
(c) a country, or part of a country, prescribed by regulation.