Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) Where the
Registrar considers that a will or other document required to be copied for
the purpose of grant, sealing, or record is unsuitable for photography, he may
require an engrossment of the document, suitable for photographic
reproduction, to be lodged.
(2) Where some of the
documents intended to form part of the probate or letters of administration
with the will annexed are not suitable for photography, the Registrar may
require a copy of the whole of the documents to be made and lodged for that
purpose.
(3) Where a will or
codicil contains alterations not admitted to proof, an engrossment of the will
or codicil in the form in which it is proved, shall be lodged.
(4) An engrossment
lodged pursuant to this rule shall reproduce the punctuation, spacing and
division into paragraphs of the will, and shall be legibly and clearly
typewritten in pica type on one side only of foolscap paper of durable quality
with a quarter margin and not less than 6 millimetres between each line.
(5) Where a will or
codicil, or any part thereof, is written in pencil, there shall be lodged a
facsimile copy of the will or codicil, in which the pencil writings in the
original shall be reproduced in red ink. The copy may be made on paper of such
size as the Registrar may direct, and shall be kept on the Court file.
[Rule 42 amended: Gazette
7 December 1973 p. 4487; 14 December 1979 p. 3876;
1 August 1980 p. 2561.]