Probate Amendment Rules 200421 April 2004
We, the Honourable WILLIAM JOHN ELLIS COX, Companion of the Order of Australia, Chief Justice, and the Honourable PETER GEORGE UNDERWOOD, Officer of the Order of Australia, the Honourable EWAN CHARLES CRAWFORD and the Honourable PIERRE WILLIAM SLICER, Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, on the recommendation of the Rule Committee, make the following Rules of Court under the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 and the Administration and Probate Act 1935 .
These Rules of Court may be cited as the Probate Amendment Rules 2004 .
These Rules of Court take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.
In these Rules of Court, the Probate Rules 1936 are referred to as the Principal Rules.
4. Rule 22 amended (Priority of right to grant, where no will)
Rule 22(a) of the Principal Rules is amended by omitting "partner" and substituting "husband or wife, or partner,".
W. J. E. Cox
Chief Justice
P. G. Underwood
Puisne Judge
E. C. Crawford
Puisne Judge
P. W. Slicer
Puisne Judge
Countersigned,
I. G. Ritchard
Registrar
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.
Notified in the Gazette on 28 April 2004
These Rules of Court are administered in the Department of Justice.