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1618APerson with mental disability—payment out to public
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1618A Person with mental disability—payment out to public
trustee and guardian
(a) an amount is paid into court under rule 1617 in relation to a
person with a mental disability (the claimant); and
(b) the amount is to be paid out of court to the public trustee and
guardian under the Public Trustee and Guardian Act 1985,
section 25 (Payment of money etc to public trustee and guardian
on behalf of person under disability).
(2) The court must—
(a) note that the claimant is a person with a mental disability; and
(b) direct the claimant’s solicitor to serve a copy of the principal
affidavit and medical documents filed in the proceeding on the
public trustee and guardian.