QLDIn ForceAct
Public Trustee Act 1978
sec.110Termination of administration
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.110
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Public Trustee Act 1978.
### sec.110 Termination of administration
The public trustee shall cease to be the administrator under this division of any unclaimed property if—
the court so orders on application served on the public trustee and made by the owner of the property or by the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent or by any person having any interest in the property or in any part thereof; or
the public trustee decides that it is desirable that the public trustee should cease to be the administrator of the property; or
the public trustee transfers or delivers property to the owner or the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent.
The termination of the public trustee’s administration of any unclaimed property shall not affect any charge acquired by the public trustee under this division or the validity of any act or thing done by the public trustee while the public trustee was administrator of the property.
No order shall be made by the court under this section without the consent of the public trustee except subject to the payment to the public trustee of all amounts to which the public trustee is entitled under section 109 , together with all costs incurred by the public trustee of and incidental to the application for such order.
Upon the public trustee ceasing to be the administrator of any unclaimed property which remains in the public trustee’s name or in the public trustee’s possession the public trustee shall transfer or deliver the property to the person entitled thereto.
(sec.110-ssec.1) The public trustee shall cease to be the administrator under this division of any unclaimed property if— the court so orders on application served on the public trustee and made by the owner of the property or by the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent or by any person having any interest in the property or in any part thereof; or the public trustee decides that it is desirable that the public trustee should cease to be the administrator of the property; or the public trustee transfers or delivers property to the owner or the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent.
(sec.110-ssec.2) The termination of the public trustee’s administration of any unclaimed property shall not affect any charge acquired by the public trustee under this division or the validity of any act or thing done by the public trustee while the public trustee was administrator of the property.
(sec.110-ssec.3) No order shall be made by the court under this section without the consent of the public trustee except subject to the payment to the public trustee of all amounts to which the public trustee is entitled under section 109 , together with all costs incurred by the public trustee of and incidental to the application for such order.
(sec.110-ssec.4) Upon the public trustee ceasing to be the administrator of any unclaimed property which remains in the public trustee’s name or in the public trustee’s possession the public trustee shall transfer or deliver the property to the person entitled thereto.
- (a) the court so orders on application served on the public trustee and made by the owner of the property or by the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent or by any person having any interest in the property or in any part thereof; or
- (b) the public trustee decides that it is desirable that the public trustee should cease to be the administrator of the property; or
- (c) the public trustee transfers or delivers property to the owner or the owner’s personal representative or duly authorised agent.