Section 29 — Succession Act 2006 (NSW)

What interest in property does a will dispose of?

(cf WPA 20)
If—
(a) a testator has made a will disposing of property, and
(b) after the making of the will and before his or her death, the testator disposes of an interest in that property,
the will operates to dispose of any remaining interest the testator has in the property.

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Related sections

s 26 — Recognition of statutory wills
s 27 — Court may rectify a will
s 28 — Protection of personal representatives who distribute as if will had not been rectified
s 30 — When a will takes effect
s 31 — Effect of failure of a disposition
s 32 — Use of extrinsic evidence to construe wills

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