28Administration of amounts payable to minors

28 Administration of amounts payable to minors

28 Administration of amounts payable to minors

(1) Any amount that is to be paid under section 25 by the committee to an applicant under the age of 18 years shall be paid to the NSW Trustee and Guardian to be held by the NSW Trustee and Guardian in trust for the applicant until the applicant attains the age of 18 years.

(2) Where the NSW Trustee and Guardian has been paid an amount pursuant to subsection (1) and the applicant who would be entitled to the amount, or the residue thereof, when he or she attains the age of 18 years, dies before he or she attains that age, the NSW Trustee and Guardian shall pay the amount, or the residue thereof, and any accretions thereto, to—

(a) a parent of the deceased applicant,

(b) a person who, in the opinion of the NSW Trustee and Guardian, had a relationship to the deceased applicant, immediately before the death, substantially similar to that of a parent, or

(c) the legal personal representative of the deceased applicant,

as the NSW Trustee and Guardian thinks fit.

s 28: Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (1); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.54.