New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DORMANT FUNDS ACT 1942

- As at 1 July 2009
- Act 25 of 1942

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act and commencement
   2.      Definitions
   3.      Certain Acts not affected

   PART 2 - ADMINISTRATION

   4.      Commissioner of Dormant Funds
   5.      Charity Referees

   PART 3 - FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSIONER

   5A.     Commissioner may determine fund to be dormant
   6.      Returns as to funds
   7.      Power to require accounts and statements
   8.      Power to require attendance of trustees and persons
   9.      Notice of requirement under sec 7 or sec 8
   10.     Certificate as to value of dormant fund
   11.     Proposals for application of dormant fund
   12.     Proposals-dormant fund not exceeding $10,000
   13.     Proposals-dormant fund exceeding $10,000
   14.     Supplementary order as assurance, transfer etc
   15.     Effect of order
   15A.    Register of orders to be kept

   PART 4 - FUNCTIONS OF CHARITY REFEREES

   15B.    Appeals to Charity Referees
   16.     Procedure of Charity Referees
   16A.    Matter can be dealt with in the absence of Charity Referee in certain cases

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   17.     Commissioner and Charity Referees not bound by laws of evidence
   18.     Commissioner and Charity Referees not bound to follow Cy-pres principle
   19.     Regulations
   20.     Savings and transitional provisions
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