SolvedTSEM6125 | Legal background to trusts & estates: no valid will - age of majority
From HM Revenue & Customs · Trusts, Settlements and Estates Manual
Family Law Reform Act 1969
The age of majority for a beneficiary under intestacy is 18, provided the intestate died on, or after, 1 January 1970. If, exceptionally, the intestate died before 1 January 1970, the age of majority is 21.
The rules are contained in the Family Law Reform Act 1969