Amendments to the Succession Act pass through NSW Parliament

03/06/2009

The Succession Amendment (Intestacy) Bill 2009 has passed both houses of the New South Wales Parliament. The objects of this Bill, as provided in the explanatory notes, are:

(a) to amend the Succession Act 2006 to enact, with some modifications, the model provisions as a new Chapter 4 of that Act, and (b) to repeal those provisions of the Probate and Administration Act 1898 which currently provide for intestate succession, and (c) to make various provisions of a savings, transitional or consequential nature.

**3 June 2009 **