AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
 Administration and Probate (Amendment) Act 1991
No. 20 of 1991
	
An Act to amend the Administration and Probate Act 1929
	[Notified in ACT Gazette S 36: 10 May 1991]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Administration and Probate (Amendment) Act 1991.
Principal Act
2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Administration and Probate Act 1929.1

Application to Registrar for probate or administration
3.  Section 75 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “$30,000.00” and substituting “$100,000.00”.
Issue of probate or administration in the name of the Court
4.  Section 77 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “$30,000.00” and substituting “$100,000.00”.
Estates to the value of $5,000.00 or less
5.  Section 87B of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) “$5,000.00” and substituting “$20,000.00”.
Election to administer estate
6.  Section 87C of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) “$30,000.00” and substituting “$100,000.00”; and
	(b)	by omitting from subsection (8) “$30,000.00” and substituting “$100,000.00”.

NOTE
1.  Ordinance No. 18, 1929 as amended by No. 11, 1930; No. 13, 1932; No. 9, 1933; Nos. 2 and 6; 1934; Nos. 3, 13 and 27, 1937; No. 35, 1938; No. 7, 1943; No. 15, 1947; No. 16, 1950; No. 5, 1953; No. 2, 1954; No. 6, 1960; No. 20, 1965; No. 9, 1967 (as amended by No. 23, 1967); No. 16, 1969; No. 25, 1970; Nos. 27, 43 and 47, 1974; No. 53, 1976; No. 8, 1980; No. 67, 1984; No. 9, 1985; Nos. 17 and 34, 1988; Nos. 17, 19, 21 and 38, 1989.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 18 April 1991]

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