This Act makes provision with respect to matters of inheritance. It adopts, subject to provisions of this Act and to any modifications effected by this Act, so far as applicable to the circumstances of Norfolk Island, the laws relating to the succession to and devolution of real and personal estate on death and to inheritance and to wills in force in New South Wales at the time of the coming into force of this Act, and more particularly the Inheritance Act of 1901 of New South Wales.