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Trustee Act 1893
18APower to insure building or other property
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18A Power to insure building or other property
(1) A trustee may insure a building or other insurable property against
loss or damage, by fire or otherwise, and against any risk or liability
that it would be prudent for a person to insure against if acting for
himself or herself.
(2) The amount that a property is insured for must not exceed the full
value of the property but that value is not limited to the sale value
and may include the replacement cost at the material time as well
as indemnity against loss of rent and other collateral risks.
(3) A trustee may pay the premiums for the insurance out of any
income from the property insured or out of the income of any other
property subject to the same trusts, without obtaining the consent of
any person, despite that there may be a person entitled wholly or
partly to that income.