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WILLS AMENDMENT (INTERNATIONAL WILLS) BILL 25 OF 2012

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        Wills Amendment (International Wills) Bill 2012

This Bill amends the Wills Act 2008 to insert a new Part 5A based on
national model legislation to implement the Convention Providing a Uniform
Law on the Form of an International Will.


In July 2010 the Standing Committee of Attorneys General decided that
Australia should take steps to accede to the International Institute for
the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) Convention Providing a
Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will 1973 (the Convention).


Adopting the Convention does not affect existing will provisions in any
jurisdiction, but provides a form for use when a will has some
international characteristics.

Adoption of the Convention will remove the need to delve into the
internal law of another jurisdiction to determine the formal validity of a
will where that other jurisdiction is also a signatory to the Convention
and the international form is used.




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