PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1995 - SECT 5
PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1995 - SECT 5
(1) Subject to this
Act, the Public Trustee has the powers of a natural person.
(2) The Public Trustee
may, for example—
(a) act
as a trustee, executor of a will, administrator of an estate (whether or not
of a deceased person), manager, receiver, committee, curator, guardian, next
friend, agent, attorney or stakeholder; or
(b) act
in any other capacity provided for under this or any other Act.
(3) The Public Trustee
may, with the approval of the Court, act in the same matter or transaction in
different capacities or in the same capacity but as representative of
different persons or interests and, in so doing, may commence and maintain
proceedings against the Public Trustee.
(4) The Court may, in
granting its approval, give directions to the Public Trustee.