In 1979 the Commission was asked to examine and report upon two matters with respect to the law of wills:
(a)
whether or not it would be desirable to adopt some modification of the requirement of strict compliance with the formalities of the Wills Act 1970 (WA) by the adoption of the doctrine of substantial compliance; and
(b)
the effect of marriage or divorce on a will including, in particular, the wills of people who subsequently lose the mental capacity to make a new will.
The Commission divided the reference into two parts
