New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NSW TRUSTEE AND GUARDIAN ACT 2009 - SECT 24

24 Transfer of administration of estate to NSW Trustee

(cf PT Act, s 18 (2))

(1) The Supreme Court may make an order transferring an estate to the NSW Trustee for administration, on application by an executor who has been granted probate or an administrator who has been granted administration. This section applies despite the existence of any other executor or administrator.

(2) The Supreme Court may, in any such order, determine the extent to which the existing executor or executors or the existing administrator or administrators remain liable for any matters arising after the making of the order.

(3) On an order transferring an estate being made, section 75A of the Probate and Administration Act 1898 applies as if the NSW Trustee had been appointed as an administrator under that section.