New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1964 - SECT 6

6 Trustee company may be authorised to obtain letters of administration

(1) In any case in which a person may apply for and obtain a grant of letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person (whether with or without the will annexed), that person may:

(a) join with a trustee company in an application for a grant of letters of administration of the estate to that person and the trustee company jointly, or

(b) instead of applying, authorise a trustee company to apply for and obtain a grant of letters of administration of the estate.

(2) Where:

(a) a person joins with a trustee company in an application pursuant to subsection (1) (a), or

(b) a trustee company makes an application that it has, pursuant to subsection (1) (b), been authorised to make,

the Court may grant letters of administration of the estate in accordance with the application.