CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 93
Management of child’s property by public trustee
CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 93
Management of child’s property by public trustee
93 Management of child’s property by public trustee
(1) This section applies if—
(a) the child has an entitlement to property;
and
(b) the chief executive has powers and duties in relation to the
property; and
(c) the chief executive is satisfied it is in the child’s
best interests for the public trustee to manage the property.
(2) The chief
executive may give written notice to the public trustee requiring the public
trustee to manage the property for the child.
(3) On receipt of the notice,
the public trustee becomes the manager of the property and has the powers and
duties in relation to it under the Public Trustee Act 1978, part 6 , as if
the child were an incapacitated person.
