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Probate Rules 2017
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### 72 Giving of security
> > (1) The Registrar may require an applicant for letters of administration to provide security for the proper administration of the estate to which the application relates.
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> > (2) This rule does not apply to an application for letters of administration made by the Public Trustee, a trust corporation, or any person applying for letters of administration for the use, or for the benefit, of the Crown.
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> > (3) The Registrar may require the provision of security required under [subrule (1)](#GS72@Gs1@EN) in one or more of the following ways:
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> > > > (a) the giving of an undertaking to the Court to make good any loss that any person with an interest in the administration of the estate may suffer as a consequence of a breach by the administrator of his or her duties as an administrator;
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> > > > (b) the execution and delivery of a deed covenanting to make good any loss that any person interested in the administration of the estate may suffer as a consequence of a breach by the administrator of his or her duties as an administrator;
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> > > > (c) the giving of an administration bond to the Registrar –
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> > > > > > (i) specifying conditions on the applicant duly collecting, getting in and administering the real and personal property of the deceased; and
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> > > > > > (ii) requiring a payment to the Registrar if the applicant breaches any such condition;
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> > > > (d) any other form of security that the Registrar thinks fit.
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> > (4) Despite [subrule (1)](#GS72@Gs1@EN) , the Registrar may require the security to be provided by a person other than the applicant, whom the Registrar considers suitable, in addition to any security provided by the applicant.