Administration Act 1903

1 Repealed by section 2 of this Act.

2 Part IV (Curator of Intestate Estates) as originally enacted, was repealed by the Curator of Intestate Estates Act 1918 (No. 9 of 1918). The Curator of Intestate Estates continued under the Curator of Intestate Estates Act 1918 and, on 1 July 1942, became the Public Trustee (see the Public Trustee Act 1941 s. 3).

3 This Part was originally enacted as Part II of the Administration Act (Estate and Succession Duties) Amendment Act 1934 (No. 28 of 1934). It was inserted as Part VI in the 1934 reprint of this Act (see the Administration Act (Estate and Succession Duties) Amendment Act 1934 s. 77) and renumbered as Part V in the 1943 reprint.

The Administration Act (Estate and Succession Duties) Amendment Act 1934 s. 3 provides that —

3. This Act shall apply in the case of any person dying after its commencement, but the provisions of Part VI of the principal Act as hereby repealed shall apply to any person dying before the commencement of this Act.

4 This amount is now declared to be $50 000; see proclamation in Gazette 6 February 2009 p. 243.

5 The Administration Act Amendment Act 1970 s. 2(2) is a transitional provision that is of no further effect.

6 The Metric Conversion Act 1972 Second Schedule was inserted by the Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973 s. 4.

7 The Death Duty Assessment Act 1973 s. 3(2), (3), (4) and (5) are transitional provisions that are of no further effect.

8 Under s. 14A of the Act, the Minister makes the following orders declaring, for each specified item, the sum that is to apply for that item.

Table of published orders

Name

Published in Gazette

Administration (Intestacy Legacy Amounts) Order 2023

1 Aug 2023 p. 2691-2

Administration (Intestacy Legacy Amounts) Order 2025

4 Jul 2025 p. 1114