sec.49Particular powers of personal representatives

### sec.49 Particular powers of personal representatives Subject to this Act a personal representative represents the real and personal estate of the deceased and has in relation to all such estate from the death of the deceased all the powers hitherto exercisable by an executor in relation to personal estate and all the powers conferred on personal representatives by the Trusts Act 1973 . Upon the making of a grant and subject thereto, the powers of personal representatives may be exercised from time to time only by those personal representatives to whom the grant is made; and no other person shall have power to bring actions or otherwise act as personal representative without the consent of the court. Subject to the grant, the powers of those personal representatives to whom a grant is made shall relate back to and be deemed to have arisen upon the death of the deceased as if there had been no interval of time between the death and the grant. The powers of personal representatives shall be exercised by them jointly. The court may confer on a personal representative such further powers in the administration of the estate as may be convenient. s 49 amd 2006 No. 1 s 7 (sec.49-ssec.1) Subject to this Act a personal representative represents the real and personal estate of the deceased and has in relation to all such estate from the death of the deceased all the powers hitherto exercisable by an executor in relation to personal estate and all the powers conferred on personal representatives by the Trusts Act 1973 . (sec.49-ssec.2) Upon the making of a grant and subject thereto, the powers of personal representatives may be exercised from time to time only by those personal representatives to whom the grant is made; and no other person shall have power to bring actions or otherwise act as personal representative without the consent of the court. (sec.49-ssec.3) Subject to the grant, the powers of those personal representatives to whom a grant is made shall relate back to and be deemed to have arisen upon the death of the deceased as if there had been no interval of time between the death and the grant. (sec.49-ssec.4) The powers of personal representatives shall be exercised by them jointly. (sec.49-ssec.5) The court may confer on a personal representative such further powers in the administration of the estate as may be convenient.