Time within which application must be made

(1) Except as provided by section 44 of this Act, an order under this Part shall not be made except on an application made within six months from the date on which representation in regard to the testator’s estate for general purpose is first taken out. (2) For the purposes of the Act regulating the administration of the estates of deceased persons, (which relate to the discretion of the court as to the persons to whom administration is to be granted) a dependent of a testator by whom or on whose behalf an application under this Act is proposed to be made shall be deemed to be a person interested in his estate.