Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2012
No. 41 of 2012
An Act to amend the Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2011.
[Assented to 22 November 2012]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This is the Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2012.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3. Act amended
This Act amends the Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2011.
4. Section 5 replaced
Delete section 5 and insert:
5. Section 4 amended
In section 4(1) insert in alphabetical order:
stepchild means a person who was alive on the date on which the deceased married or entered into a de facto relationship with a parent of the person but who is not a child of the deceased;
5. Section 9 amended
In section 9(1)(b) in the insertion delete paragraph (eb) and insert:
(eb) a stepchild of the deceased, if —
(i) the deceased received or was entitled to receive property from the estate of a parent of the stepchild, otherwise than as a creditor of that estate; and
(ii) the value of that property, at the time of the parent’s death, is greater than the prescribed amount;
