Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Where a trustee company is empowered under this Act to apply to the Court for probate of a will or letters of administration of an estate:
(a) a director of the company or its chief executive officer or secretary; or
(b) any other officer of the company authorized in writing under the seal of the company so to do,
may make an affidavit for the purposes of the application and the Court may receive and act upon the application accordingly.
(2) The Court may accept as evidence of the authorization under subsection (1) of an officer, a statement of that fact in an affidavit.
(3) A person authorized by or under this section or section 19 to make an affidavit in support of an application for probate of a will or letters of administration may sign such other documents which the Court requires in support of or resulting from that application.
(4) Where the Court requires the attendance of a trustee company in its capacity as an executor or administrator or as an applicant for a grant of probate or letters of administration, it may require a person authorized by or under this section or section 19 to attend, and attendance by that person or, unless the Court otherwise orders, by some other person authorized by or under this section or section 19, shall be deemed to be attendance of the company.