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Trustee Act 1893
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10C Loans and investments by trustees not breaches of trust in
certain circumstances
(1) If a trustee lends money on the security of property, the trustee is
not in breach of trust by reason only of the amount of the loan in
comparison to the value of the property at the time when the loan
was made:
(a) if it appears to the Court:
(i) that, in making the loan, the trustee was acting on a
report as to the value of the property made by a person
whom the trustee reasonably believed to be competent
to give such a report and whom the trustee instructed
and employed independently of any owner of the
property;
(ii) that the amount of the loan did not exceed two-thirds of
the value of the property as stated in the report; and
(iii) that the loan was made in reliance on the report; or
(b) if the trustee is insured, by a body prescribed by the Minister
by notice in the Gazette that it is carrying on the business of
insurance against all loss that may arise by reason of the
default of the borrower.
(2) If a trustee lends money on the security of leasehold property, the
trustee is not in breach of trust by reason only that the trustee
dispensed, either in whole or in part, with the production or
investigation of the lessee's title when making the loan.
(3) This section applies to transfers of existing securities as well as to
new securities and to investments made before or after the