Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1985 - SECT 6

    (1)     A Deputy Public Trustee is a person exercising the functions of deputy public trustee (however described) in the public service.

    (2)     A deputy public trustee may exercise the functions of the public trustee, subject to any direction of the public trustee.

    (3)     A person dealing with a deputy public trustee need not inquire whether the deputy public trustee, in exercising a function in relation to a dealing—

        (a)     was subject to a direction of the public trustee; or

        (b)     complied with a direction of the public trustee to which the deputy public trustee was subject.