South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts48—Reciprocal administration powers with certain states
(1) The Minister may,
by notice in the Gazette—
(a)
declare any country, state or territory to be a reciprocal state for the
purposes of this section;
(b) vary
or revoke any notice under this section.
(2) If an authority
invested by the laws of any reciprocal state with the custody or
administration of the estate of a person with a mental incapacity—
(a)
certifies in writing to the Public Trustee that the person has property in
this State; and
(b) by
instrument in writing authorises the Public Trustee to administer that
property within this State,
the Public Trustee has and may exercise in respect of that property all the
powers that could be exercised if he or she were the administrator of the
estate of that person.
(3) Where it appears
to the administrator of the estate of a protected person that the
protected person has property in a reciprocal state, the administrator may, by
instrument in writing directed to the authority of that reciprocal state who
is or may be invested by its laws with the custody or administration of the
estates of persons (however described under those laws) who have a
mental incapacity—
(a)
certify that he or she has the control and management of the estate of the
protected person; and
(b)
authorise the authority to administer the property of the protected person
that is in the reciprocal state.
(4) An administrator
may revoke or vary an authority given under subsection (3).