South Australian Numbered Acts

SUCCESSION ACT 2023 (NO 30 OF 2023) - SECT 17

17—Revocation of will

        (1)         A will or part of a will may be revoked but only—

            (a)         if the revocation (whether by a will or other means) is authorised by an order under section 6

or 7

; or

            (b)         by the operation of section 18

or 19

; or

            (c)         by a later will; or

            (d)         by some writing that declares an intention to revoke the will and is executed in the manner in which this Act requires a will to be executed; or

            (e)         by the testator, or by some person in the testator's presence and at the testator's direction—

                  (i)         burning, tearing or otherwise destroying the will or the part of the will with the intention of revoking it; or

                  (ii)         writing on the will or the part of the will or dealing with the will in such a manner that the Court is satisfied from the state of the will that the testator intended to revoke it.

        (2)         No will or part of a will may be revoked by a presumption of an intention on the ground of an alteration in circumstances.