Agency:
Probate Branch
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jul 1946
End Date:
31 Dec 1957
Description:
The Acting Under-Treasurer Henry David Robinson had the task of disbanding the Taxation Department in 1946. By July of that year separate Probate and Land Tax Branches had been established within the Treasury Department. These Branches were unified into the semiautonomous Taxation Branch in 1957 along with the Entertainments Tax Branch which had been formed in 1953.
Information Sources:
'From Commissariat to Treasury' by Heather Felton
Legislation Administered:
Administration & Probate Act 1935, Deceased Persons' Estates Duties Act 1931
Legislation Creating:
administrative action
Legislation Abolishing Agency:
administrative action
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlling Agencies:
Treasury Department (TA91) | 01 Jan 1824 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Previous Agencies:
Office of Taxes (Taxation Department) (TA1673) | 01 Jan 1891 | 31 Jul 1946 |
Related Agencies:
Probate Registry (TA1574) | 10 May 1824 |
Land Tax Branch (TA1676) | 01 Jul 1946 | 31 Dec 1957 |
Entertainments Tax Branch (TA1687) | 01 Oct 1953 | 31 Dec 1957 |
Subsequent Agencies:
Taxation Branch (State Revenue Office) (TA1677) | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1994 |
Series Created By Agency:
TRE78 Affidavits of Assets and Liabilities of Deceased Persons Made in Accordance with the Deceased Persons' Estates Duties Acts 1915 and 1931. | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1993 |
AE250 Index of Names and Probate File Numbers | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1951 |
TRE158 Registers of Affidavits of Assets and Liabilities of Deceased Persons. | 01 Jan 1917 | 31 Dec 1985 |
AE518 Crown Law Opinions on Probate Duty | 27 Aug 1923 | 05 Oct 1982 |
AE247 Register of Legal Opinions re Legal Opinions re the 'Deceased Persons Estate Duties Act, 1931 and Other Acts. | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1975 |
AF342 Legal Opinions given by the Solicitor General in Relation to Stamp Duty | 16 Nov 1951 | 04 Sep 1991 |