Section 15 — Succession Act 2006 (NSW)

(cf WPA 19)
(1) A will or part of a will that has been revoked is revived by re-execution or by execution of a will showing an intention to revive the will or part.
(2) A revival of a will that was partly revoked and later revoked as to the balance only revives that part of the will most recently revoked.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if a contrary intention appears in the reviving will.
(4) A will that has been revoked and is later wholly or partly revived is taken to have been executed on the day on which the will is revived.

Related sections

• s 12 — Effect of marriage on a will
• s 13 — What is the effect of divorce or an annulment on a will?
• s 14 — How a will may be altered
• s 16 — Court may authorise minor to make, alter or revoke a will
• s 17 — Will made by minor under an order of a foreign court
• s 18 — Court may authorise a will to be made, altered or revoked for a person without testamentary capacity

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