View source for Payment of debts in a solvent estate: Variation of the order of application of assets by the expression of a contrary intention

'''Queensland:'''
Provides for the variation by a testator of both the order of the discharge of debts and  the operation of the principle of rateability. 
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/sa1981138/s59.html


'''New South Wales:'''
The order in which assets are applied 
towards the payment of debts in a solvent estate may be displaced by a 
contrary intention in the deceased person’s will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/paaa1898259/s46c.html


'''Northern Territory:'''
The order in which assets are applied towards the payment of debts in a solvent estate may be displaced by a contrary intention in the deceased person’s will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/aapa259/s57.html


'''Tasmania:'''
The order in which assets are applied towards the payment of debts in a solvent estate may be displaced by a contrary intention in the deceased person’s will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/aapa1935259/s34.html


'''Victoria:'''
The order in which assets are applied towards the payment of debts in a solvent estate may be displaced by a contrary intention in the deceased person’s will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/aapa1958259/s39.html


'''ACT:'''
The order in which assets are applied towards the payment of debts in a solvent estate may be displaced by a contrary intention in the deceased person’s will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/aapa1929259/s41c.html


'''2009 Draft Uniform Legislation:'''
Should include a provision to the effect of the first limb of section 59(3) of the  Succession Act 1981 (Qld), and provide that, if the deceased left a will, the order in which the estate is to be applied towards the discharge of debts, and the incidence of rateability as between different properties within each class, may be varied by a contrary intention appearing in the will.