Trusts Act 2025
sec.202Trustee may apply to Attorney-General to approve scheme
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sec.202 Trustee may apply to Attorney-General to approve scheme
This section applies if— the trustee of a charitable trust seeks approval of a scheme to change the purposes of the trust to allow the trust property to be applied cy pres; and the purposes of the trust have not previously been changed by the court under subdivision 2 or otherwise; and the value of all the trust property does not exceed the monetary limit under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 68 . The trustee may, instead of applying to the court under subdivision 2 or otherwise, apply to the Attorney-General to approve the scheme. The application must— be in the approved form; and comply with any requirements prescribed by regulation for the application; and be accompanied by any fee prescribed by regulation for the application. (sec.202-ssec.1) This section applies if— the trustee of a charitable trust seeks approval of a scheme to change the purposes of the trust to allow the trust property to be applied cy pres; and the purposes of the trust have not previously been changed by the court under subdivision 2 or otherwise; and the value of all the trust property does not exceed the monetary limit under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 68 . (sec.202-ssec.2) The trustee may, instead of applying to the court under subdivision 2 or otherwise, apply to the Attorney-General to approve the scheme. (sec.202-ssec.3) The application must— be in the approved form; and comply with any requirements prescribed by regulation for the application; and be accompanied by any fee prescribed by regulation for the application.
- (a) the trustee of a charitable trust seeks approval of a scheme to change the purposes of the trust to allow the trust property to be applied cy pres; and
- (b) the purposes of the trust have not previously been changed by the court under subdivision 2 or otherwise; and
- (c) the value of all the trust property does not exceed the monetary limit under the District Court of Queensland Act 1967 , section 68 .
- (a) be in the approved form; and
- (b) comply with any requirements prescribed by regulation for the application; and
- (c) be accompanied by any fee prescribed by regulation for the application.