South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts110—Intestate estate passes to Crown if no surviving beneficiaries
(1) If an intestate is not survived by any person entitled to the intestate estate under this Part, the Crown is entitled to the whole of the intestate estate.
(2) However, if the Crown is entitled to an intestate estate under subsection (1)
, the Minister may, on application for a waiver of the Crown's rights, waive the Crown's rights in whole or in part in favour of—
(a) dependants of the intestate; or
(b) any persons who have, in the Minister's opinion, a just or moral claim on the intestate; or
(c) any person or organisation for whom the intestate might reasonably be expected to have made provision; or
(d) the trustees for any person or organisation mentioned in a preceding paragraph; or
(e) any other person or organisation.
(3) The Minister may grant a waiver under this section on such conditions as the Minister considers appropriate.
Division 4—Distribution of intestate estates according to Court approved agreements