Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) On an application to the Court for a grant of administration, if it appears that the deceased person—
(a) was a citizen of the United States of America; and
(b) died in Victoria without leaving any executor or known next of kin in Victoria—
the applicant shall give notice of the application to the Chief Consular Officer of the United States of America in Victoria.
(2) The Chief Consular Officer has the right to appear personally or by delegate in any proceeding relating to the application for a grant and to be heard in the interests of any next of kin or creditors who may be in the United States of America or be citizens of that country until they are otherwise represented.
(3) This Rule gives effect to clause III of a Convention between the United Kingdom and the United States of America relative to the disposal of real and personal property signed at Washington on 2 March 1899 and acceded to by the Commonwealth on 3 April 1902.