Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 7(2) of the Wills Act 1997 , for "A statement" substitute "Subject to the requirements of the remote execution procedure, a statement".
(2) After section 7(4) of the Wills Act 1997 insert —
'(5) For the purposes of this section, a will may be executed by using the remote execution procedure and that will is a valid will.
(6) For the purposes of this section, a signature may be an electronic signature if the remote execution procedure is used.
(7) For the purposes of this section "in the presence of" includes being present by audio visual link in accordance with the remote execution procedure.'.