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Trustee Act 1893
50APower of Court to authorize dealings with trust property
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50A Power of Court to authorize dealings with trust property
(1) The Court may by order, on application by the trustee or a
beneficiary, authorize a trustee either generally or in a particular
case:
(a) to execute a sale, lease, mortgage, surrender, release or other
disposition;
(b) to make a purchase, acquisition, or investment; or
(c) to undertake expenditure,
as the Court thinks fit and for which the trustee has no power under
the trust instrument or a law in force in the Territory.
(2) The Court may make an order referred to in subsection (1) subject
to such terms or conditions as it thinks fit and may direct whether
and how any expenditure or costs are to be paid out of capital or
income of the trust.
(3) The Court may make an order referred to subsection (1) in relation
to property despite that the property is the subject of a life interest
in the whole of the property or any estate or interest in the property.
(4) An application to the Court for an order relating to property referred
to in subsection (3) is to be made with the consent of all persons
having a beneficial interest in the property, and all trustees having
an estate or interest on behalf of an unborn child.
(5) Despite subsection (4) the Court may dispense with the
requirement for consent of a person if that person has been served
with a notice that the application will be made, and the person has
made no response.
(6) A person who has been served with a notice that the application will
be made may appear in Court to consent or dissent to the making
of the order sought.
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(7) The Court may make an order in relation to the property despite
dissent by some interested parties.
(8) In deciding whether to make an order despite the dissent of some
parties the Court must have regard to the number and interests of
the parties.
(9) If the property to which the order relates is land, the order is to be
produced to the Registrar-General who must give effect to the order
by registering any transfer, lease or other document effected
pursuant to the order on the land register under the Land Title
Act 2000.
Part IV Special provisions as to appointment of new
trustees