QLDIn ForceAct
Trustee Companies Act 1968
sec.22Trustee company may act under power of attorney by an officer of the company etc.
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.22
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Trustee Companies Act 1968.
### sec.22 Trustee company may act under power of attorney by an officer of the company etc.
A trustee company may act, either alone or jointly with any other person, under any power of attorney by which the trustee company is appointed attorney by any person or by any company or other corporation (including a power of attorney to apply for and obtain a grant of probate, letters of administration with the will annexed, letters of administration or other appropriate grant or the sealing thereof or an exemplification, duplicate or a copy thereof) as attorney for the person company or corporation, as the case may be, and all the powers conferred upon the trustee company by the power of attorney may be exercised and carried into execution by an officer of the trustee company.
Nothing in this section shall be taken to authorise any person, company or other corporation to confer any power upon the trustee company which cannot be legally conferred upon a private individual.
(sec.22-ssec.1) A trustee company may act, either alone or jointly with any other person, under any power of attorney by which the trustee company is appointed attorney by any person or by any company or other corporation (including a power of attorney to apply for and obtain a grant of probate, letters of administration with the will annexed, letters of administration or other appropriate grant or the sealing thereof or an exemplification, duplicate or a copy thereof) as attorney for the person company or corporation, as the case may be, and all the powers conferred upon the trustee company by the power of attorney may be exercised and carried into execution by an officer of the trustee company.
(sec.22-ssec.2) Nothing in this section shall be taken to authorise any person, company or other corporation to confer any power upon the trustee company which cannot be legally conferred upon a private individual.