11Protection of public trustee and guardian where mistake

11 Protection of public trustee and guardian where mistake as to death etc Where— (a) the public trustee and guardian— (i) has obtained a grant of probate of the will, or administration of the estate, of a person under the Administration Act; or (ii) is otherwise administering the estate of a person under the Administration Act; or (iii) is acting as executor or trustee under the will of a person; and (b) it is found— (i) that the person is alive; or (ii) in a case in which the person was believed to have died intestate—that the person died testate; or (iii) in a case in which the person was believed to have died testate—that the person died intestate and that the document that was believed to be the person’s last will has no testamentary validity or effect; or (iv) that a document that was believed to be the person’s last will is not the person’s last will; all acts done or omitted to be done by the public trustee and guardian in good faith while acting in any capacity in connection with the grant, estate or will are as valid and effectual as if the public trustee and guardian had been lawfully entitled to act in that capacity.