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SUCCESSION ACT 1981 - SECT 34A

Meaning of household chattels

34A Meaning of household chattels

(1)
"Household chattels" means all furniture, curtains, drapes, carpets, linen, china, glassware, ornaments, domestic appliances and utensils, garden appliances, utensils and effects and other chattels of ordinary household use or decoration, liquors, wines, consumable stores and domestic animals owned by the intestate immediately before the intestate’s death.
(2)
"Household chattels" does not include a motor vehicle, boat, aircraft, racing animal, original painting or other original work of art, trophy, clothing, jewellery, or other chattel of a personal nature.
(3) A thing is taken to be owned by the intestate even if—
(a) it is owned subject to a security interest under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth) ; or
(b) the intestate only held an interest in the thing as hirer under a hire purchase agreement within the meaning of the Hire-purchase Act 1959 , section 2 (1) or a corresponding provision of a law of another State or the Commonwealth.
(4) This definition applies for the purposes of applying schedule 2 under this part.



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