Section 37 — Succession Act 2006 (NSW)

(cf WPA 23 (2) and (3))
(1) A general disposition of—
(a) all or the residue of the testator’s property, or
(b) all or the residue of his or her property of a particular description,
includes all of the property, or all of the property of the relevant description, over which he or she has a general power of appointment exercisable by will and operates as an exercise of the power.
(2) This section does not apply if a contrary intention appears in the will.

Related sections

• s 34 — Income on contingent, future or deferred dispositions
• s 35 — Beneficiaries must survive testator by 30 days
• s 36 — What a general disposition of land includes
• s 38 — Effect of devise of real property without words of limitation
• s 39 — How dispositions to issue operate
• s 40 — How are requirements to survive with issue construed?

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