Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 52(1) amended
by No. 43/1998
s. 57(1).
(1) This Act, other than sections 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48 and 49 applies only to wills made on or after the commencement of this section.
S. 52(2) amended by No. 43/1998
s. 57(2).
(2) The Wills Act 1958 , as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, continues to apply to wills made before the commencement of this section, in so far as those wills do not come under the operation of subsection (3) or (5) or under the operation of the sections specified in subsection (4).
(3) Section 14 applies to a will made before the commencement of this section, if the granting of the decree absolute of the dissolution of the marriage or the annulment of the marriage has taken place after the commencement of this section.
(4) Sections 4, 8, 9, 10, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 47, 48 and 49 apply to wills whether or not they are executed before, on or after the commencement of this section, where the testator dies on or after that commencement.
S. 52(5) inserted by No. 43/1998
s. 57(3).
(5) Section 12 applies to the revocation, after the commencement of this section, of a will, whether made before, on or after that commencement.
S. 52A inserted by No. 38/2007 s. 4.