Trusts Act 2025
sec.229Appointment of trustees—additional trustees
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sec.229 Appointment of trustees—additional trustees
If a certificate mentioned in the repealed Act, section 11(3)(b) continues to have effect for a trust under section 225, section 24 applies in relation to the trust as if the reference in section 24(1)(a) to the number of trustees permitted for the trust under section 14 were a reference to the number of trustees approved for the trust under the certificate. For a trust created before the commencement, section 24(4) applies to an appointor for the trust as if the provision were not expressed to be subject to a contrary intention in the trust instrument. (sec.229-ssec.1) If a certificate mentioned in the repealed Act, section 11(3)(b) continues to have effect for a trust under section 225, section 24 applies in relation to the trust as if the reference in section 24(1)(a) to the number of trustees permitted for the trust under section 14 were a reference to the number of trustees approved for the trust under the certificate. (sec.229-ssec.2) For a trust created before the commencement, section 24(4) applies to an appointor for the trust as if the provision were not expressed to be subject to a contrary intention in the trust instrument.