Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Where any person dies (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) domiciled in Queensland or leaving property situated in Queensland, and the gross value of the person's property in Queensland which would pass to the person's personal representative is estimated by the public trustee at the time of the election hereinafter mentioned not to exceed $150000, and there is no grant of administration in force in Queensland, the public trustee may, in all cases where the public trustee is entitled to obtain an order to administer, in lieu thereof file in the court an election, in the form approved by the public trustee, to administer the estate with the will or on intestacy as may be the case.
(2) Where a grant of administration has been made in respect of the estate of a deceased person and the person to whom such grant was made has died, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, leaving part of the estate unadministered in Queensland, and the gross value of such part of the estate so left unadministered in Queensland is estimated by the public trustee at the time of the election hereinafter in this subsection mentioned not to exceed the sum of $150000, and no person has since the death of the last executor or administrator obtained a grant of administration de bonis non in respect of the estate, the public trustee may, in all cases where the public trustee would be entitled to obtain an order to administer, in lieu thereof, file in the court an election, in the form approved by the public trustee, to administer the estate so left unadministered.