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Funeral Funds Act 1979
22Investment of surplus funds etc
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#### 22 Investment of surplus funds etc
22 Investment of surplus funds etc
> > (1) A funeral contribution fund may invest any of its funds that are not immediately required for the purpose of providing funeral benefits or meeting its management expenses in any manner—
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> > > (a) for the time being authorised for the investment of trust funds, or
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> > > (b) prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
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> > (2) A funeral contribution fund shall open at and maintain with one or more authorised deposit-taking institutions one or more current or deposit accounts in the name of the fund and shall—
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> > > (a) forthwith after receiving any contributions, pay those contributions into that account or one of those accounts, and
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> > > (b) keep any of its money not invested under subsection (1) in that account or one of those accounts.
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> Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
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> **s 22:** Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1996 No 24, Sch 1; 2003 No 61, Sch 1 \[20\].