Wills Act 1963

Wills Act 1963^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to repeal the Wills Act 1861 and make new provision in lieu thereof; and to provide that certain testamentary instruments shall be probative for the purpose of the conveyance of heritable property in Scotland.
Citation	1963 c. 44
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1963
Commencement	1 January 1964
Other legislation
Amended by	Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Wills Act 1963^[1] (c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that repealed the Wills Act 1861 and brought United Kingdom law in line with the suggestions of the Ninth Hague Conference on Private International Law, completed on 5 October 1961. Along with the Wills Act 1837, the 1963 Act is the principal Act dealing with wills in the United Kingdom. The 1963 Act allows a will to be considered "properly executed" if it was executed in line with local law in the state where it was executed, the state where the testator lived or the state the testator was a citizen of, rather than applying United Kingdom law to all wills.