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Trustee Companies Act 1968
sec.18Effect of disclaimer of trustee on authorisation under s 6
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### sec.18 Effect of disclaimer of trustee on authorisation under s 6
Where any person—
who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as the only trustee of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and
who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed;
disclaims the trust in the authorisation, a grant of letters of administration with the will annexed made to the trustee company on an application made pursuant to the authorisation has, for all purposes (including the right to be registered under the Land Title Act 1994 as personal representative), the force and effect of a vesting order made by the Court vesting the lands in respect of which the person giving the authorisation is named in the will as the only trustee, in the trustee company as trustee on the trusts of the will for all the right, title and interest therein of the testator.
Where any person—
who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as a trustee jointly with any other person or persons of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and
who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed;
disclaims the trust in the authorisation, a grant of letters of administration with the will annexed made to the trustee company on an application made pursuant to the authorisation has, for all purposes (including the right to be registered under the Land Title Act 1994 as personal representative), the force and effect of a vesting order made by the Court vesting the lands in respect of which the person giving the authorisation is named in the will as a trustee, in the trustee company and the other person or persons so named in the will or such of them as are living at the date of the grant and have not disclaimed the trust before that date, as trustees on the trusts of the will for all the right, title and interest therein of the testator.
This section does not apply in any case in which the testator has by will expressed the desire that the trustee company should not act in the trusts of the will.
s 18 amd 1994 No. 11 s 194 sch 2
(sec.18-ssec.1) Where any person— who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as the only trustee of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed; disclaims the trust in the authorisation, a grant of letters of administration with the will annexed made to the trustee company on an application made pursuant to the authorisation has, for all purposes (including the right to be registered under the Land Title Act 1994 as personal representative), the force and effect of a vesting order made by the Court vesting the lands in respect of which the person giving the authorisation is named in the will as the only trustee, in the trustee company as trustee on the trusts of the will for all the right, title and interest therein of the testator.
(sec.18-ssec.2) Where any person— who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as a trustee jointly with any other person or persons of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed; disclaims the trust in the authorisation, a grant of letters of administration with the will annexed made to the trustee company on an application made pursuant to the authorisation has, for all purposes (including the right to be registered under the Land Title Act 1994 as personal representative), the force and effect of a vesting order made by the Court vesting the lands in respect of which the person giving the authorisation is named in the will as a trustee, in the trustee company and the other person or persons so named in the will or such of them as are living at the date of the grant and have not disclaimed the trust before that date, as trustees on the trusts of the will for all the right, title and interest therein of the testator.
(sec.18-ssec.3) This section does not apply in any case in which the testator has by will expressed the desire that the trustee company should not act in the trusts of the will.
- (a) who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as the only trustee of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and
- (b) who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed;
- (a) who is named in a will, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act, as a trustee jointly with any other person or persons of lands of the testator in Queensland subject to the trusts of the will; and
- (b) who pursuant to section 6 authorises a trustee company to apply for and obtain letters of administration with the will annexed;