New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1898 - SECT 97

97 Every executor etc to be deemed resident in New South Wales

(1) Every executor or administrator--

(a) named in any probate or letters of administration granted by any court of competent jurisdiction in any portion of Her Majesty's dominions and making application under the provisions of Division 5 for the sealing of such probate or administration, or

(b) appointed under this Part,

shall be deemed to be resident in New South Wales.

(2) Where not actually so resident, the executor or administrator shall, before the issue or sealing of any probate or administration, file with the Registrar an address, as prescribed by the rules, within New South Wales, at which notices and processes may be served upon the executor or administrator; and all services at such registered address shall be deemed personal service.