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Public Trustee Act 1978
sec.78Public trustee may request management in reciprocating state
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### sec.78 Public trustee may request management in reciprocating state
This section applies if—
the public trustee is appointed administrator for a person for a matter or is authorised to manage the estate of a protected person; and
the public trustee considers the person has an interest in property in a reciprocating state.
The public trustee may give notice to the proper officer of the reciprocating state asking that, to the extent the public trustee has power to manage the person’s affairs, the proper officer manage the person’s affairs in the reciprocating state.
The public trustee may give a discharge to such proper officer for moneys or property of that person which the proper officer pays or transfers to the public trustee.
s 78 amd 2000 No. 8 s 263 sch 3
(sec.78-ssec.1) This section applies if— the public trustee is appointed administrator for a person for a matter or is authorised to manage the estate of a protected person; and the public trustee considers the person has an interest in property in a reciprocating state.
(sec.78-ssec.1A) The public trustee may give notice to the proper officer of the reciprocating state asking that, to the extent the public trustee has power to manage the person’s affairs, the proper officer manage the person’s affairs in the reciprocating state.
(sec.78-ssec.2) The public trustee may give a discharge to such proper officer for moneys or property of that person which the proper officer pays or transfers to the public trustee.
- (a) the public trustee is appointed administrator for a person for a matter or is authorised to manage the estate of a protected person; and
- (b) the public trustee considers the person has an interest in property in a reciprocating state.