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Public Trustee Act 1979
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24C Information for investors and prospective investors in
common fund
(1) The Public Trustee must, within 4 months after the end of each
financial year, send to each investor (other than an estate) in a
common fund an extract from the Public Trustee's annual report to
the Minister for that year containing the information required under
section 19(3).
(2) The Public Trustee must not accept money from a prospective
investor (other than an estate) in a common fund unless the
prospective investor has first been given an extract from the Public
Trustee's last annual report to the Minister containing the
information required under section 19(3) together with any further
information required to update the investor information contained in
the report.
25 Sale by Public Trustee
(1) A sale by the Public Trustee in the exercise of his or her powers of
sale under a mortgage may be by public auction or private treaty
and, in the case of a sale by private treaty, advertising shall not be
necessary.
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(2) Any money expended by the Public Trustee in the exercise of the
powers of the Public Trustee under a mortgage shall be:
(a) repayable to the Public Trustee by the mortgagor on demand
and until repayment may, at the discretion of the Public
Trustee, incur interest chargeable at the maximum rate
provided by the mortgage, such interest (if any) to be
computed from the date or dates of the money being
expended; and
(b) a charge on the mortgagor's interest in the land, the subject of
the mortgage, and shall be secured by the mortgage.