Public Trustee and Guardian Act 1985
30Dealings with other public trustees
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30 Dealings with other public trustees (a) the public trustee and guardian is administering the estate in the ACT of a person who, at the time of the person’s death, was domiciled outside the ACT; and (b) the estate of the person in the place in which the person was, at the time of the person’s death, domiciled is being administered by the public trustee or other like official of the place of domicile;
the public trustee and guardian may, after payment of creditors and the fees, charges and expenses provided for under this Act, pay the balance of the proceeds of the estate in the ACT to the public trustee or other like official of the place of domicile, without incurring any liability in relation to the payment, and without any obligation to see to the application, of that balance. (a) the estate of a deceased person who, at the time of the person’s death, was domiciled in the ACT is being administered by the public trustee and guardian; and (b) the public trustee or other like official of a place other than the ACT has obtained administration of the estate of the deceased person in that place; the public trustee and guardian may receive from that public trustee or other like official the balance of the estate of the deceased person in that place. (3) The balance of an estate received by the public trustee and guardian under subsection (2) shall form part of the estate of the deceased person in the ACT.