Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE ACT 1929 - SECT 80C

    (1)     If a probate or administration is sealed under section 80 (Reseal of grant made in reciprocating jurisdiction)—

        (a)     the probate or administration has the same effect as if it had been originally granted by the Supreme Court; and

        (b)     the person who applied under section 80 must exercise the same functions, and is subject to the same liabilities, as if the person had been originally granted the probate or administration by the court.

    (2)     If an order to collect and administer an estate is sealed under section 80, the person who applied under that section has the same functions, and is subject to the same liabilities, as if the person was the public trustee and guardian and the order was an order to collect and administer the estate granted to the public trustee and guardian under section 88.