South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The manager of
every protected estate shall, at such times and in such manner as is directed
by order of the court or prescribed by rule of court, prepare and file in the
court a statement, verified by the affidavit of the manager, showing the
property comprised in the protected estate, and the condition thereof, and the
manner in which the property has been dealt with, administered, or applied,
and such other particulars as may be prescribed, or as may be in any special
case directed by the court to be included in the statement.
(2) In any case in
which the manager is not the Public Trustee the manager shall forthwith after
filing every such statement deliver to the Public Trustee a duplicate thereof,
and shall thereafter exhibit to the Public Trustee such accounts and vouchers
in relation thereto as the Public Trustee may require.
(3) If any manager
fails or refuses to file any such statement as provided aforesaid, or to
deliver to the Public Trustee a duplicate thereof as aforesaid, or to exhibit
to the Public Trustee any such accounts or vouchers as aforesaid, he shall be
guilty of an offence punishable summarily and liable to a penalty not
exceeding one hundred dollars.
(4) The Public Trustee
shall cause every such statement delivered to him to be examined and reported
upon either by himself or by any person he may appoint in that behalf, and
shall cause the report to be filed in the court and a copy thereof to be
transmitted to the manager by whom the statement has been delivered. No fee
shall be payable on the filing of the report in the court.
(5) For the purpose of
examining any such statement, the Public Trustee may require the accounts of
the manager to be audited by an auditor appointed by the Public Trustee.