s 38 Estate vested in Chief Justice before 1 October 1997
38.—(1) Any estate or part of an estate of a deceased person vested in the Chief Justice under section 37 immediately before 1 October 1997 shall on that date vest in the Public Trustee. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the amendment made to this Act by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997 applies in respect of a person’s estate whether the person died before, on or after 1 October 1997. (3) Where, but for this subsection, the vesting under section 37 (as amended by the Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1997) of any estate of a testator would have effect from a time before 1 October 1997, the vesting shall have effect from that date and section 37(2) shall have effect subject to this.