New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BAPTIST CHURCHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES PROPERTY TRUST ACT 1984 - SECT 27

27 Trust may act as executor etc

(1) The Trust may:

(a) apply for and obtain, or join in applying for and obtaining, probate of the will, or letters of administration of the estate, of a deceased person, where a Baptist Church, a District Association, the Baptist Union or any committee or agency of the Baptist Union or the Trust has a beneficial interest, vested or contingent, in the estate of that person, or

(b) accept appointment, and act, as trustee or a joint trustee under and in pursuance of any trust where the property subject to the trust is not vested in the Trust by, or pursuant to, this Act and the trust was created wholly or partly for the benefit of a Baptist Church or District Association, or the Baptist Union or any committee or agency of the Baptist Union,

and may do all things necessary for the exercise of its functions as executor, administrator or trustee, as the case may be.

(2) On behalf of the Trust, a member of the Trust or a person employed by the Trust may, if authorised by the Trust for the purpose, swear an affidavit, make a declaration or statement, give security and do any other act or thing that is by any charter, Act, rule of court or regulation required to be done by a person applying for or granted probate or letters of administration, or administering a trust, as the case may be.

(3) The Trust may:

(a) renounce executorship, or

(b) decline to act as administrator of an estate.

(4) Any commission or other remuneration earned by the Trust as executor, administrator or trustee, as the case may be, shall belong to the Trust.