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WILLS ACT 1968 - SECT 16L

Persons authorised to act in connection with international wills

    (1)     For this part, the following people 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 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 mentioned 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 2 and 3 of the convention.

    (3)     In this section:

"Australian legal practitioner"—see the Legal Profession Act 2006

, section 8.



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