Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The public trustee may keep a register of legal records.
(2) The public trustee may include other records or information on the register that the public trustee considers appropriate.
(3) The register may be kept in any form, including electronically, that the public trustee considers appropriate.
(4) The register may be kept in 1 or more parts, as the public trustee considers appropriate.
(5) The public trustee may remove a legal record from the register if satisfied that the legal record no longer has any effect.
(6) In this section:
"enduring power of attorney"—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006 , section 8.
"legal record" means—
(a) a will that is—
(i) drawn by the public trustee; or
(ii) deposited with the public trustee; or
(b) an enduring power of attorney that—
(i) appoints the public trustee as attorney; or
(ii) is deposited with the public trustee.
Note The Evidence Act 2011 , s 155 (Evidence of official records) applies to legal records kept on the register.