Public Trustee and Guardian Act 1985
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74 Evidence (1) Where the public trustee and guardian is acting in any of the capacities in which the public trustee and guardian is, under this Act, authorised to act, a certificate under the seal of the public trustee and guardian stating— (a) the capacity in which the public trustee and guardian is authorised to act; and (b) the manner in which the public trustee and guardian became authorised to act in that capacity; and (c) the time at which the public trustee and guardian became authorised to act in that capacity; and
(d) that the real or personal property described in the certificate is property in respect of which the public trustee and guardian may, while acting in that capacity, exercise powers; (2) Where the public trustee and guardian is executor or administrator of, or is authorised by law to administer, the estate of a deceased person, a certificate under the seal of the public trustee and guardian stating any of the following matters: (a) the name of the deceased; (b) the home address of the deceased at the time of death; (c) the occupation of the deceased immediately prior to death; (d) the nature or form of the authority under which the public trustee and guardian is administering the estate; (e) the date of granting of the authority referred to in paragraph (d); (f) the manner in which the public trustee and guardian became authorised to administer the estate; (g) the time at which the public trustee and guardian became authorised to administer the estate; (3) Where the public trustee and guardian is acting jointly with another person in any capacity, a certificate under the seal of the public trustee and guardian stating, in connection with the authority of the public trustee and guardian and that other person to act jointly in that capacity— (a) the matters referred to in subsection (1); or (b) any of the matters referred to in subsection (2);