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'''Queensland:'''
The document or the part forms a will, an alteration of a will, or a full or partial revocation of a will, of the deceased person if the court is satisfied that the person intended the document or part to form the person's will, an alteration to the person's will or a full or partial revocation of the person's will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/sa1981138/s18.html 


'''New South Wales:'''
The document or the part forms a will, an alteration of a will, or a full or partial revocation of a will, of the deceased person if the court is satisfied that the person intended the document or part to form the person's will, an alteration to the person's will or a full or partial revocation of the person's will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sa2006138/s8.html


'''Northern Territory:'''
If the Court is satisfied that a deceased person intended a document or part of a document that purports to embody the testamentary intentions of the deceased person (but which is not executed in the manner required by this Act) to constitute his or her will or an alteration of his or her will or to revoke his or her will, the document or part of the document constitutes the will of the deceased person or an alteration of the will or revokes the will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/wa91/s10.html
		

'''Tasmania:'''
A document or part of a document purporting to embody the testamentary intentions of a deceased person, even though it has not been executed in the manner required by this Act, constitutes a will of the deceased person, an alteration of such a will or the revocation of such a will, if the Court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the deceased person intended the document to constitute his or her will, an alteration of his or her will or the revocation of his or her will.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/wa200891/s10.html


'''Victoria:'''
The Supreme Court may admit to probate as the will of a deceased person-  a document (which has not been executed/ an alteration of which has not been executed in the manner required) purporting to embody the testamentary dispositions of a deceased, if the Court is satisfied that that person intended the document to be his will.	
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/wa199791/s9.html


'''Western Australia:'''
A document purporting to embody the testamentary intentions of a deceased person, even though it has not been executed in the manner required by this Act, constitutes (a) a will of the person; (b)an alteration to a will of the person.	
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/wa/consol_act/wa197091/s32.html


'''Draft Wills Bill 1997:'''
A document or part of a document purporting to embody the testamentary intentions of a deceased person, even though it has not been executed in the manner required by this Act, constitutes a will of the deceased person, an alteration of such a will or the revocation of such a will, if the Court is satisfied that the deceased person intended the document to constitute his or her will, an alteration to his or her will or the revocation of his or her will. http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lrc.nsf/pages/R85APPENDIXA