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Second Schedule — Form of notice by advertisement
[s. 63]
[Heading amended: No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]
A.B., late of (*set out the usual residence and addition or other description of the deceased*).
Creditors and other persons having claims (to which section 63 of the *Trustees Act 1962* relates) in respect of the estate of the deceased, who died (set out the date of death with such accuracy as the information of the trustee, personal representative, or applicant for grant of representation permits), are required by the trustee (or personal representative or applicant for grant of representation)
, of
(*set out name and address of trustee or personal representative or applicant for grant of representation*) to send particulars of their claims to him by the
day of 20 , * after which date the trustee (*or* personal representative *or* applicant for grant of representation) may convey or distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims of which he then has notice.
(Date) * A date not less than one month from date of advertisement.
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Notes
1 This is a compilation of the *Trustees Act 1962* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 5. The table also contains information about any reprint.
Compilation table
| **Short title** | **Number and year** | | | **Assent** | | | **Commencement** | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Trustees Act 1962* | 78 of 1962 (11 Eliz. II No. 78) | | | 6 Dec 1962 | | | 1 Jan 1963 (see s. 2) | | |
| *Decimal Currency Act 1965* | 113 of 1965 | | | 21 Dec 1965 | | | Act other than s. 4‑9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4‑9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2)) | | |
| *Trustees Act Amendment Act 1968* | 18 of 1968 | | | 16 Oct 1968 | | | 16 Oct 1968 | | |
| **Reprint of the *Trustees Act 1962* approved 2 Jul 1971** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | | | |
| *Age of Majority Act 1972* s. 6(2) | 46 of 1972 | | | 18 Sep 1972 | | | 1 Nov 1972 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 13 Oct 1972 p. 4069) | | |
| *Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Act 1972* s. 3(2) | 57 of 1972 | | | 31 Oct 1972 | | | 1 Jan 1973 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 17 Nov 1972 p. 4379) | | |
| *Acts Amendment (Land Valuers) Act 1978* Pt. II | 56 of 1978 | | | 6 Sep 1978 | | | 1 Jul 1979 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 22 Jun 1979 p. 1677) | | |
| **Reprint of the *Trustees Act 1962* approved 14 Sep 1981** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | | | |
| *Trustees Amendment Act 1987* | 84 of 1987 | | | 9 Dec 1987 | | | s. 1 and 2: 9 Dec 1987; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Sep 1988 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 26 Aug 1988 p. 3271) | | |
| *Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996* s. 4 | 14 of 1996 | | | 28 Jun 1996 | | | 1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) | | |
| *Trustees Amendment Act 1997* | 1 of 1997 | | | 6 May 1997 | | | s. 1 and 2: 6 May 1997; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 16 Jun 1997 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 10 Jun 1997 p. 2661) | | |
| *Acts Amendment and Repeal (Financial Sector Reform) Act 1999* s. 108 | 26 of 1999 | | | 29 Jun 1999 | | | 1 Jul 1999 (see s. 2(1) and *Gazette* 30 Jun 1999 p. 2905) | | |
| **Reprint of the *Trustees Act 1962* as at 11 Jan 2002** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | | | |
| *Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003* Pt. 58 | 28 of 2003 | | | 22 May 2003 | | | 1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579) | | |
| *Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003* s. 122 | 74 of 2003 | | | 15 Dec 2003 | | | 15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2) | | |
| *Criminal Law Amendment (Simple Offences) Act 2004* s. 82 | 70 of 2004 | | | 8 Dec 2004 | | | 31 May 2005 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 14 Jan 2005 p. 163) | | |
| *Limitation Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2005* s. 23 | 20 of 2005 | | | 15 Nov 2005 | | | 15 Nov 2005 (see s. 2) | | |
| **Reprint 4: The *Trustees Act 1962* as at 19 Jan 2007** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | | | |
| *Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009* s. 126 | | | 8 of 2009 | | | 21 May 2009 | | 22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b)) | |
| *Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010* s. 4 | | | 19 of 2010 | 28 Jun 2010 | | | 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) | | |
| *Trustee Companies (Commonwealth Regulation) Amendment Act 2011* Pt. 3 | | | 39 of 2011 | 4 Oct 2011 | | | 26 Nov 2011 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 25 Nov 2011 p. 4867) | | |
| *Personal Property Securities (Consequential Repeals and Amendments) Act 2011* Pt. 3 Div. 5 | | | 42 of 2011 | 4 Oct 2011 | | | 30 Jan 2012 (see s. 2(c) and Cwlth Legislative Instrument No. F2011L02397 cl. 5 registered 21 Nov 2011) | | |
| **Reprint 5: The *Trustees Act 1962* as at 13 Jul 2012** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | | | | | |
| *Inheritance (Family and Dependants Provision) Amendment Act 2011* s. 16 | | 48 of 2011 | | | 25 Oct 2011 | | 16 Jan 2013 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 15 Jan 2013 p. 79) | |
2 *Interpretation Act 1918* was repealed by the *Interpretation Act 1984*.
3 Repealed by this Act; see Sch. 1.
4 *Imperial Acts Adopting Ordinance 1867* (31 Vict. No. 8).
5 Marginal notes in the *Trustees Act 1962* referring to legislation of other jurisdictions have been omitted from this reprint.
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
administration expenses 104(5)
authorised insurer 26D(5)
bank 6(1)
bankrupt 6(1)
benefit 6(1)
bill of exchange 101(5)
claim 65(2)
contingent right 6(1)
continuing trustees 10(6)
conveyance 6(1)
Court 6(1)
deceased 104(1)
discretionary interest 90(5)
dwelling‑house 24(5), 26D(5)
execute 6(1)
grant 62(4)
grantee 62(4)
hereditament 6(1)
housing loan 26D(5)
imperfect trust provision 102(1)
income 6(1)
independent valuer 28A(2)
instrument 6(1)
instrument of discharge 10(6)
insurance money 47(1)
land 6(1)
lease 6(1), 62(4)
lessee 62(4)
managing trustees 15(2)
mines and minerals 6(1)
mortgage 6(1)
mortgagee 6(1)
new trustee 6(1)
payment 6(1)
person 6(1)
personal representative 6(1)
possessed 6(1)
possession 6(1)
prescribed interest in land 26D(5)
principal beneficiary 61(1)
principal beneficiary 90(5)
property 6(1)
protective trusts 90(5)
rent 6(1)
responsible trustee 14(3)
retiring trustees 10(6)
right 6(1)
RITS system 22(5)
sale 6(1)
securities 6(1)
securities payable to bearer 6(1)
settled property 104(1)
stock 6(1)
to convey 6(1)
to pay 6(1)
to sell 6(1)
transfer 6(1)
trust 6(1)
trust for sale 6(1)
trust period 61(1)
trustee 6(1), 7(9), 45(2)
trustee corporation 6(1)
trustee for sale 6(1)
underlying security 22(1)
vesting order 78(1)