Trust Accounts Regulation 1999
sec.5Receipt forms
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sec.5 Receipt forms
A receipt form must be headed ‘Trust Account Receipt’, and a completed receipt form must contain the following particulars— the name of the trustee on whose behalf the receipt is given; the date the receipt is given; the name of the person to whom the receipt is given; the name of the person on whose behalf the trust moneys are received; a brief description of the matter for which the trust moneys are received; the amount of trust moneys received, in words and figures; how the trust moneys are received, for example, in cash, by cheque or by electronic funds transfer; the signature of the person giving the receipt. Each receipt form must include provision for the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) . A duplicate receipt form must also be headed ‘Office Copy’ or ‘Duplicate Copy’. (sec.5-ssec.1) A receipt form must be headed ‘Trust Account Receipt’, and a completed receipt form must contain the following particulars— the name of the trustee on whose behalf the receipt is given; the date the receipt is given; the name of the person to whom the receipt is given; the name of the person on whose behalf the trust moneys are received; a brief description of the matter for which the trust moneys are received; the amount of trust moneys received, in words and figures; how the trust moneys are received, for example, in cash, by cheque or by electronic funds transfer; the signature of the person giving the receipt. (sec.5-ssec.2) Each receipt form must include provision for the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.5-ssec.3) A duplicate receipt form must also be headed ‘Office Copy’ or ‘Duplicate Copy’.
- (a) the name of the trustee on whose behalf the receipt is given;
- (b) the date the receipt is given;
- (c) the name of the person to whom the receipt is given;
- (d) the name of the person on whose behalf the trust moneys are received;
- (e) a brief description of the matter for which the trust moneys are received;
- (f) the amount of trust moneys received, in words and figures;
- (g) how the trust moneys are received, for example, in cash, by cheque or by electronic funds transfer;
- (h) the signature of the person giving the receipt.