Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

COURT PROCEDURES RULES 2006 (NO 29 OF 2006) - REG 3021

(SCR o 72 r 4)

    (1)     A person intending to make an application under the Administration and Probate Act , section 80 must publish notice of the person's intention to apply in a daily newspaper circulating generally in the ACT.

Note     If a form is approved under the Court Procedures Act 2004 , s 8 for this provision, the form must be used.

    (2)     The notice must be published not less than 14 days, and not more than 3 months, before the day the application is made.

    (3)     The notice must include—

    (a)     the name, including any known alias, of the deceased person in relation to whom the application is to be made; and

    (b)     an address for service for the person intending to make the application.

Note     Address for service is defined in the dictionary.

    (4)     If the court is not satisfied that a notice published under subrule (1) is sufficient advertisement of a person's the intention to make an application under the Administration and Probate Act, section 80, the court may, on its own initiative, require any other notice it considers appropriate.