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JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2021 (NO. 11 OF 2021) - SECT 79

Definitions

    (1)     In section 3(1) of the Wills Act 1997 insert the following definitions—

""remote execution procedure" means the procedure set out in section 8A;

"special witness" means—

        (a)     an Australian legal practitioner; or

        (b)     a justice of the peace appointed under section 7 of the Honorary Justices Act 2014 ; or

        (c)     a person who is a member of a prescribed class of person;".

    (2)     In section 3(1) of the Wills Act 1997 , in the definition of "document", after "writing" insert "and if the remote execution procedure is used, includes a document in electronic form".



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