81Advantageous dealings

81 Advantageous dealings (1) Where in the management or administration of any property vested in trustees, any sale, lease, mortgage, surrender, release, or disposition, or any purchase, investment, acquisition, expenditure, or transaction, is in the opinion of the Supreme Court expedient, but the same cannot be effected by reason of the absence of any power for that purpose vested in the trustees by instrument or by law, the court— (a) may by order confer upon the trustees, either generally or in any particular instance, the necessary power for the purpose, on such terms, and subject to such provisions and conditions, including adjustment of the respective rights of the beneficiaries, as the court may think fit; and (b) may direct in what manner any money authorised to be expended, and the costs of any transaction, are to be paid or borne as between capital and income. (2) Subsection (1) shall be deemed to empower the Supreme Court, where it is satisfied that an alteration whether by extension or otherwise of the trusts or powers conferred on the trustees by instrument or by law is expedient, to authorise the trustees to do or abstain from doing any act or thing which if done or omitted by them without the authorisation of the court or the consent of the beneficiaries would be a breach of trust, and in particular the court may authorise the trustees— (a) to sell trust property, notwithstanding that the terms or consideration for the sale may not be within any statutory powers of the trustees, or within the terms of the trust instrument, or may be forbidden by that instrument; or (b) to postpone the sale of trust property; or (c) to carry on any business forming part of the trust property during any period for which a sale may be postponed; or Dealings and improvements Division 3.2 (d) to employ capital money subject to the trust in any business which the trustees are authorised by instrument or by law to carry on. (3) The Supreme Court may from time to time rescind or vary any order made under this section, or may make any new or further order. (4) The powers of the Supreme Court under this section shall be in addition to the powers of the court under its general administrative jurisdiction, under this Act or another Act.