Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts Subject to sections 17
and 20 and Parts XA, X and XI, a will is not valid unless —
(a) it
is in writing; and
(b) it
is signed by the testator or signed in the testator’s name by some other
person in the testator’s presence and by the testator’s direction,
in such place on the will so that it is apparent on the face of the will that
the testator intended to give effect by the signature to the writing signed as
the testator’s will; and
(c) the
testator makes or acknowledges the signature in the presence of at least 2
witnesses present at the same time; and
(d) the
witnesses attest and subscribe the will in the presence of the testator but no
publication or form of attestation is necessary.
[Section 8 amended: No. 69 of 1987 s. 4; No. 27 of
2007 s. 7; No. 47 of 2012 s. 4.]