Contacts and Resources

Contributed by Emma Bragg, Tetlow Legal and current to March 2022. Based on the contribution of Charles Rowland.

Contacts

Commonwealth Government

• ATOlaw: the ATO Legal Data Base https://www.ato.gov.au/law/#Law
• Australian Financial Security Authority www.afsa.gov.au/
• Australian Taxation Office www.ato.gov.au;
• Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) https://www.dva.gov.au/
• Department of Social Services www.dss.gov.au
• Australian Financial Complaints Authority https://www.afca.org.au/

ACT Government

• ACT Coroners Court https://www.courts.act.gov.au/magistrates/law-and-practice/coroners-court
• Public Trustee and Guardian Office for the ACT www.ptg.act.gov.au
• Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/2094 (online death certificate).
• Registrar www.courts.act.gov.au
• Registrar of Land Titles www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/2108
• The Office for Children, Youth and Family Support (administrative unit of the ACT Community Services Directorate) www.communityservices.act.gov.au/ocyfs

Finding Statutes on the Web

It is easy to find legislation on the web. ACT statutes are available at: www.legislation.act.gov.au.

Legislation in other jurisdictions is on State and Territory legislation websites, which are conveniently listed on the CamLaw site www.comlaw.gov.au, and on Austlii: www.austlii.edu.au.

Some reference texts are available online for a fee (noted in the list at Books and Statues below).

Books and Statutes

• C Birtles and R Neal, Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents , 9th edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2016.
• GE Dal Pont and KF Mackie, Law of Succession , 2nd edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2017.
• Halsbury's Laws of Australia, loose-leaf, LexisNexis , Sydney Vol 24.
• I Raspin, CGT on a Deceased’s Residence: A Tax Minfield , BNR Partners, 2016.
• I Raspin, Taxation of Deceased Estates for Estate Practitioners , BNR Partners, 2016.
• J de Groot and B Nickel, Family Provision in Australia , 5th edn, LexisNexis Butterworths 2016.
• K Mackie, Principles of Australian Succession Law , 3rd edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2017.
• K Mason and LG Handler, Wills, Probate and Administration Service (NSW) , loose-leaf, LexisNexis /Butterworths, Sydney (available online).
• M Perkins and R Monaghan, Estate Planning: A Practical Guide for Estate and Financial Service Professionals , 4th edn, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2015.
• R Williams and S McCullogh , Statutory Will Applications: A Practical Guide , LexisNexis Butterworths, 2013.
• RS Geddes, CJ Rowland and Paul Studdert, Wills, Probate and Administration Law in New South Wales , LBC Information Services, Sydney 1996.

All legislation referred to in this Chapter is ACT legislation unless otherwise indicated.