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PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1995 - SECT 4

PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1995 - SECT 4

4—Public Trustee

        (1)         There is to be a Public Trustee .

        (2)         The Public Trustee is to be an employee in the Public Service of the State appointed to the office of Public Trustee by the Governor.

        (3)         The office of Public Trustee may be held in conjunction with a position in the Public Service.

        (4)         The Public Trustee—

            (a)         is a body corporate; and

            (b)         has perpetual succession and a common seal; and

            (c)         is capable of suing and being sued; and

            (d)         is an instrumentality of the Crown and holds property on behalf of the Crown; and

            (e)         has the functions and powers assigned or conferred by or under this or any other Act.

        (5)         The Minister may assign an employee in the Public Service to act as the Public Trustee—

            (a)         during a vacancy in the office of Public Trustee; or

            (b)         when the Public Trustee is absent from, or unable to discharge, official duties.