Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 61 of 1930
- Royal Assent 23 December 1930
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2.
3. 3. Interpretation
PART II - Constitution of the Public Trustee
4. 4. The Public Trustee
5. 5. Delegation by chief executive officer
5A. 5A.
6. 6. Evidence of delegation
6A. 6A. Performance by Public Trustee of certain acts, &c.
7. 7. Public Trustee substituted for Curator of Intestate Estates
8. 8. Confidentiality
9. 9.
10. 10. Employment of Australian legal practitioners, &c.
11. 11. Fees charged to be as prescribed
PART III - The placing of estates in the Public Trustee
12. 12. Power of persons to appoint The Public Trustee to act as
trustee, executor, &c.
13. 13.
14. 14. Administration by Public Trustee of benefit or relief funds
15. 15. Executors, administrators, or trustees authorized to appoint
Public Trustee to act in their places
16. 16. Power of trustee to pay moneys due to infants to Public
Trustee
17. 17. Public Trustee entitled, on application, to administration of
an intestate estate
18. 18. Power of Public Trustee to apply to administer testate
estate if no application for probate or administration within three
months after death
19. 19. Administration in other cases
20. 20. Administration of small estates without grant of probate or
administration
20A. 20A. Administration of small estates
21. 21. Power of Public Trustee to exercise certain powers pending
grant of probate or administration to person entitled thereto
22. 22. Power of Public Trustee to act with advisory trustee
23. 23. Custodian trustee
24. 24. Functions and powers of Public Trustee when acting as
custodian trustee
24A. 24A. Directors responsible to Court
PART IV - Unclaimed Property
25. 25. Powers of Public Trustee in respect of unclaimed property
26. 26. Expenses incurred by Public Trustee to be a charge upon
property
27. 27. Public Trustee to advertise notice of vesting
28. 28. Rescission of order on application of owner, &c.
29. 29. Order not affected by mistake of fact
PART V - General duties and powers of the Public Trustee
30. 30. General duties and powers of Public Trustee
31. 31. Power of Public Trustee instead of appointing new trustee to
elect to act as such
32. 32. Express powers of Public Trustee
33. 33. Shares of infants during infancy
34. 34. Power of Public Trustee to apply income and capital for
maintenance, &c., of infant
35. 35. Saving of court's jurisdiction
36. 36. Public Trustee may be appointed to represent parties in
legal proceedings
36A. 36A. Dealing with unclaimed moneys
PART VI - Accounts and investments
37. 37. Investment committee
38. 38. Common fund
39. 39. Special investments outside common fund
40. 40. Investment of common fund
40A. 40A.
41. 41. Treasurer may meet deficiency in common fund
42. 42. Money to be paid into Public Trustee's Account
43. 43. Payments to Public Trustee
44. 44. Advances for administration purposes or against shares
45. 45.
46. 46.
47. 47.
47A. 47A.
47B. 47B.
48. 48.
49. 49.
50. 50.
PART VIA - Group Investment Funds
50A. 50A. Establishment, &c., of group investment funds
50B. 50B. Income and capital of group investment funds
50C. 50C. Powers of Public Trustee in respect of group investment
funds
50D. 50D. Other duties, &c., of Public Trustee not affected
50E. 50E. Investment in group investment fund deemed to be authorized
trustee investment
PART VII - Miscellaneous
51. 51. Public Trustee not required to give bond
52. 52. Power of Public Trustee to hold and be registered as holder
of shares, &c., in companies
53. 53. Disclosure, &c., of property
54. 54. Inquiries as to property
55. 55. Right of Public Trustee to costs in legal proceedings
56. 56. Allowance by Public Trustee of claims, &c., against
estates
57. 57. Power of Public Trustee to institute inquiry as to validity
of claim against estate
58. 58. Where Public Trustee may distribute assets after notice of
rejection of claim of creditor
59. 59. Right of Australian legal practitioner or accountant acting
for beneficiary in estate administered by Public Trustee to examine
books and accounts
60. 60. Provisions for closing administration of estate after notice
61. 61. Priorities of claims when assets are insufficient
62. 62. Power of Public Trustee to make payment of sums not
exceeding $500 without order
63. 63. Payment of small sums without probate or letters of
administration
64. 64. Auction sales
65. 65. Power of Public Trustee to distribute estate when no claims
received
66. 66. Payments to persons outside Tasmania
67. 67. Reciprocity
68. 68. Service of orders on Public Trustee
69. 69. Certificate of Public Trustee to be accepted as evidence
70. 70.
71. 71. Public Trustee and his officers not personally liable except
in case of fraud or crime
72. 72. Remedy against Public Trustee
73. 73. Mode of application to Court
74. 74. Power of Public Trustee to submit certain matters for
opinion or direction of judge
75. 75. Power of judges to make rules
76. 76. Validation of certain acts and orders
77. 77. Acts subordinate to this Act
78. 78. Regulations
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