Wills Act 2008

Any person having the possession or control of a will (including a revoked will) or a copy of any such will and any part of such a will (including a purported will) of a deceased person must allow any or all of the following persons to inspect and, at their own expense, take copies of it:any person named or referred to in it, whether as beneficiary or not; the surviving spouse, any parent or guardian and any issue of the testator; any person who would be entitled to a share of the estate of the testator if the testator had died intestate; any creditor or other person having any claim at law or in equity against the estate of the deceased; any beneficiaries of prior wills of the deceased; a parent or guardian of a minor referred to in the will or who would be entitled to a share of the estate of the testator if the testator had died intestate.

Any person having the possession or control of a will (including a revoked will) or a copy of any such will and any part of such a will (including a purported will), of a deceased person must produce it in Court if required to do so.

Nothing in this section authorises the inspection or production of a will, a revoked will, a copy of any such will or any part of such a will while the testator is alive.

Nothing in this section limits the rights of a person under any other law.