South Australia
Trustee Companies Act 1988
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to trustee companies and to repeal the ANZ Executors & Trustees Company (South Australia) Limited Act 1985, the Bagot's Executor Company Act 1910, the Elder's Executor Company's Act 1910, the Executors Company's Act 1885 and the Farmers' Co-operative Executors Act 1919.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
3	Interpretation
Part 2—Powers of trustee companies
4	Trustee company may act as executor or administrator
5	Trustee company may act as trustee, agent, attorney, manager or receiver
6	Trustee company may act for children or persons who are unable to manage their affairs
7	Officers may represent or make affidavits etc for company
8	Trustee company may act jointly
9	Commission chargeable by trustee company
10	Fee for administering perpetual trust
11	Additional remuneration
12	Court may review company's charges
13	Investment of trust funds
14	Money from several estates may be invested as one fund
15	Common funds
15A	Notice to be given on initial change in investment of common fund
15B	Provision of reasons for certain investments
16	Power of trustee company acting in representative capacity to hold its own shares etc
16A	Recovery of GST
Part 3—Duties and liabilities of trustee companies
17	Returns to be made by trustee company
18	Minister may require information etc
19	Accounts, audits and information for investor etc in common funds
20	Information for prospective investors in common funds
21	False or misleading statements as to common fund
22	Trustee company may be required to provide account in relation to estate
23	Directors and managers responsible to the Court
24	Trustee company may be removed from office
25	Appointment by Court of administrator of trustee company's affairs
Part 4—Miscellaneous
26	False or misleading statements
27	Offences by trustee companies
28	Evidentiary provision
29	Act not to affect other Acts or remedies
30	Summary offences
31	Regulations
Schedule 1—Trustee companies
Schedule 2—Repeal of certain Acts and transitional provision
Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the Trustee Companies Act 1988.
3—Interpretation
	(1)	In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
business day means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or other public holiday;
common fund means a common fund established by a trustee company under section 15;
the Court means the Supreme Court of South Australia;
estate, in relation to a trustee company, includes any real or personal property committed to the administration or management of the trustee company whether as executor, administrator or in any other capacity authorised by this Act, but does not include money deposited with the trustee company for the purpose only of investment in a common fund;
investor in relation to a common fund, means an estate or person on whose behalf money is invested in the common fund;
letters of administration means letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person, with or without the will annexed;
officer, of a trustee company, means a director or manager of the company or some other officer or employee of the company designated by the board of directors as an officer for the purposes of this Act;
person who has a proper interest or person with a proper interest, includes, in relation to a trust established for charitable purposes, the following persons:
	(a)	the Attorney-General;
	(b)	a person who is named in the instrument establishing the trust as a person who is entitled to, or may, receive money or other property for the purposes of the trust;
	(c)	a person who is named in the instrument establishing the trust as a person who must, or may, be consulted by the trustees before distributing or applying money or other property for the purposes of the trust;
	(d)	a person who in the past has received money or other property from the trustees for the purposes of the trust;
	(e)	a person of a class that the trust is intended to benefit;
the Registrar means the Registrar of Probates and includes an acting or deputy Registrar of Probates;
trustee includes a bare trustee or custodian trustee;
trustee company see Schedule 1;
trustee investment means an investment in which a trustee is authorised by law to invest trust funds;
will includes codicil.
	(2)	Where an unincorporated body is named in an instrument establishing a trust, the persons for the time being comprising the body will be taken to have been individually named in the instrument.
	(3)	Subsection (2) applies for the purposes of this Act but not for the purposes of interpreting the trust instrument.

Part 2—Powers of trustee companies
4—Trustee company may act as executor or administrator
	(1)	A trustee company has the same powers as a natural person to act as the executor of the will, or the administrator of the estate, of a deceased person.
	(2)	A trustee company may apply for and obtain—
	(a)	probate of the will of a deceased person; or
	(b)	letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person,
in the same circumstances as a natural person.
	(3)	A trustee company may, with the approval of the Court or the Registrar and the consent of the person entitled to probate of the will or a grant of administration of the estate of a deceased person, apply for and obtain—
	(a)	probate of the will of the deceased person; or
	(b)	letters of administration of the estate of the deceased person,
(as the case requires).
	(4)	A trustee company may, with the approval of the Court, act on behalf, or in the place, of an executor of the will, or an administrator of the estate, of a deceased person, either on a permanent or a temporary basis.
5—Trustee company may act as trustee, agent, attorney, manager or receiver
A trustee company has the same powers as a natural person to act as trustee, agent, attorney, manager or receiver.
6—Trustee company may act for children or persons who are unable to manage their affairs
A trustee company may act—
	(a)	as the guardian of a child; or
	(b)	as the administrator, committee, guardian or manager of the estate of a person who is unable to manage his or her own affairs.
7—Officers may represent or make affidavits etc for company
	(1)	Where a trustee company makes an application for probate or letters of administration or any other application under this Act or acts as executor, administrator or in any other capacity authorised by this Act, the company may be represented in any court or elsewhere by an officer of the company.
	(2)	Where in any circumstances referred to in subsection (1) an affidavit, declaration or statement is required to be made by a trustee company whether on oath or otherwise, the affidavit, declaration or statement may be made on behalf of the company by an officer of the company.
8—Trustee company may act jointly
	(1)	A trustee company may be appointed to act as executor, administrator, or in any other capacity authorised by this Act, either alone or jointly with another person.
	(2)	Where a trustee company is appointed to act jointly with another person—
	(a)	any property held or controlled by the company and that other person jointly may, with the consent in writing of the other person, be dealt with by the company alone; and
	(b)	in that event the other person is exonerated from liability that might (but for this paragraph) have arisen from the company's subsequent dealing with the property.
9—Commission chargeable by trustee company
	(1)	Subject to this Act, a trustee company may charge against each estate committed (before or after the commencement of this Act) to its administration or management a commission at a rate fixed from time to time by the board of directors of the company but not in any case exceeding—
	(a)	7.5 per cent of the income received by the company on account of the estate; and
	(b)	6 per cent of the capital value of the estate.
	(2)	For the purposes of subsection (1)—
	(a)	the capital value of an estate is the capital value of its assets as at the date of distribution by the company;
	(b)	no deduction need be made for debts or liabilities in determining capital value;
	(c)	the commission that may be charged is not diminished or affected by any entitlement of another person to commission or other remuneration in respect of the estate or part of it;
	(d)	the rate of the commission must not exceed that set out in the published scale of charges of the company when the commission becomes payable.
	(3)	Commission in respect of income received on account of an estate, or in respect of the capital value of assets of an estate, may be charged and paid out of, or deducted from, the estate after receipt of the income, or before or after distribution of the assets, but, where commission is charged in respect of assets before their distribution—
	(a)	the amount of the commission must be calculated on the capital value of the assets when they came under the administration or management of the company; and
	(b)	on distribution of the assets, any necessary adjustment must be made so that the commission charged accords with the requirements of subsection (1).
10—Fee for administering perpetual trust
	(1)	Subject to subsection (4), a trustee company may charge against a perpetual trust administered by the company (whether the company commenced administering the trust before or after the commencement of this Act) an administration fee in respect of each month of the company's administration of the trust.
	(2)	The administration fee—
	(a)	must not exceed one-twelfth of one per cent of the value of the trust as at the first business day of the month; and
	(b)	may be charged only against—
	(i)	income received by the company on account of the trust;
	(ii)	subject to the terms of the instrument under which the company administers the trust—that component of the capital assets of the trust representing the capital growth of those assets during the period in respect of which the administration fee is charged.
	(2a)	Where a trustee company charges an administration fee in respect of a particular period against both income and capital assets under subsection (2)(b), it must, at the request of a person with a proper interest, inform the person of the proportion of the fee charged against each and the method used to determine that proportion.
	(3)	Where a trustee company charges an administration fee under this section against a perpetual trust, it may not charge commission under section 9 in respect of the capital value of property subject to the trust unless the property comprises or forms part of a deceased estate administered by the company.
	(4)	Subject to subsection (5), where—
	(a)	a trustee company invests money comprising the whole or part of a perpetual trust in a common fund; and
	(b)	the company charges a management fee under section 15 in respect of that investment,
the company must not charge a fee under this section in respect of the trust or that part of it.
	(5)	Subject to the terms of the instrument under which the company administers the trust, the company may charge a fee under this section for reasonable administrative action by the company in administering the trust, or the part of it referred to in subsection (4), if the administrative action is not related to the investment or management of the trust, or that part of it, in the common fund.
	(6)	A trustee company must, at the request of a person with a proper interest, provide that person with a detailed statement of the administration fees charged by the company under this section in the circumstances referred to in subsection (5) and the administrative action for which each of those fees was charged.
11—Additional remuneration
	(1)	A trustee company may—
	(a)	charge against an estate the amount of any disbursement properly made in the administration or management of the estate;
	(b)	charge reasonable fees for the preparation and lodging of returns in respect of any tax, duty or fee imposed by law.
	(2)	A trustee company may, if authorised to do so—
	(a)	by the instrument by which an estate is committed to the administration or management of the company; or
	(b)	by instrument in writing by the beneficiaries of an estate,
charge a commission or fee in addition to, or instead of, a commission or fee authorised by this Act, but any authorisation on behalf of a beneficiary who is a minor or mentally incompetent is ineffective unless confirmed by the Court.
	(3)	Where, in the administration or management of an estate, a trustee company is authorised or required to carry on a business or undertaking either alone or in partnership, the Court may, on the application of the company, authorise some other form of remuneration in addition to, or instead of, commission authorised by this Act.
	(4)	A trustee company may not charge or receive in respect of services provided in the administration or management of an estate any commission, fee or other remuneration not authorised by or under this Act.
12—Court may review company's charges
Where the Court is of the opinion that the rate or amount of any commission, fee or other remuneration in respect of an estate is excessive, the Court may, on the application of any person who has a proper interest in the matter, review the rate or amount of the commission, fee or other remuneration and reduce it.
13—Investment of trust funds
Subject to the terms of any relevant instrument of trust, a trustee company may invest any money held in trust by the company—
	(a)	in a manner authorised by the instrument of trust; or
	(b)	in a trustee investment; or
	(c)	in a common fund established by the company.
14—Money from several estates may be invested as one fund
	(1)	Subject to section 13, a trustee company may invest money from more than one estate that it holds as trustee or in any other capacity authorised by this Act as one fund in one or more investments.
	(2)	Where money from more than one estate is invested under subsection (1), the company must—
	(a)	keep an account showing the current amount for the time being at credit in respect of each estate; and
	(b)	after deduction of any charges—
	(i)	divide any income arising from investment of the money between the estates in proportion to the amounts invested and the period of each investment; and
	(ii)	divide any profit or loss of a capital nature arising from investment of the money between the estates in proportion to the amounts invested.
15—Common funds
	(1)	A trustee company may establish one or more common funds.
	(2)	A trustee company must determine the classes of investments in which a common fund may be invested and may vary the classes from time to time.
	(3)	Money may not be invested in a common fund unless the classes of investment in which that money could be invested on separate account are the same as, or include, the classes of investment in which the common fund may be invested.
	(3a)	A trustee company must limit the amount of money comprising the whole or part of an estate that it invests in a common fund established or managed by it to an amount that a prudent trustee of that estate would invest in the fund.
	(4)	Money not otherwise held in trust by the trustee company is while invested in a common fund held by the company in trust for the investor.
	(5)	A trustee company must keep an account showing the current amount for the time being at credit in the common fund on account of each investor.
	(6)	A trustee company may sell investments belonging to a common fund and may withdraw money from a common fund in the course of, or for the purpose, of its administration or management of an estate or as required or authorised by an investor in the fund.
	(7)	A trustee company may at any time withdraw from a common fund any amount at credit in the common fund on account of an estate and invest that money separately.
	(8)	After deduction of any charges—
	(a)	any income arising from investment of the fund must be divided between the investors in proportion to the amounts invested and the period of each investment; and
	(b)	any profit or loss of a capital nature arising from investment of the fund must be divided between the investors in proportion to the amounts invested.
	(9)	A trustee company must value each common fund (including the investments in which the fund is invested) as at the first business day of each month and, if the company thinks fit, as at such other times as may be appropriate according to the nature of the particular fund.
	(10)	Investments in and withdrawals from a common fund must be effected on the basis of the valuation last made under subsection (9).
	(11)	A trustee company may charge against each common fund a management fee in respect of each month of the company's management of the fund.
	(12)	The management fee charged against money invested in a common fund on account of an estate must not exceed one-twelfth of one per cent of the value of the fund attributable to investment of the estate as at the first business day of the month.
	(13)	A trustee company may not increase a fee charged in respect of management of a common fund except after giving to each investor (other than an estate) not less than one month's notice in writing of the new fee.
	(14)	Nothing in this section limits or affects the operation of section 14.
15A—Notice to be given on initial change in investment of common fund
	(1)	Before varying the class or classes of investments of a common fund for the first time after the commencement of the Statutes Amendment (Trusts) Act 1999, a trustee company must serve notice on all persons who have invested money in the common fund informing them that it intends to vary the class or classes of investment in which the common fund is invested.
	(2)	The notice must inform the investor of his or her right under subsection (3) to withdraw the money invested.
	(3)	An investor may, before the expiration of six months after service of the notice on him or her and despite any agreement with the trustee company to the contrary, withdraw money that was invested in the common fund before service of the notice.
	(4)	The investor must not be subjected to any penalty in respect of a withdrawal referred to in subsection (3).
	(5)	Service of a notice under this section may be made personally or by post addressed to the investor at his or her last address known to the trustee company.
15B—Provision of reasons for certain investments
	(1)	Where a trustee company holds money in trust and invests the money in a common fund, the company must, on request in writing by a person who has a proper interest in the matter, furnish to that person—
	(a)	the company's reasons for so investing the money; and
	(b)	such other information in relation to the investment as is required by regulation.
	(2)	The company must furnish its reasons and the other information in writing as soon as practicable and without charge.
	(3)	A trustee company need not provide reasons or information under this section to the same person in respect of the same investment more often than once in any 12 month period.
16—Power of trustee company acting in representative capacity to hold its own shares etc
A trustee company may in the administration or management of an estate hold shares or other securities issued by the company itself or a related body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth and forming part of that estate, but it must not exercise any power that it has in that capacity to purchase any such shares or securities unless—
	(a)	it is authorised to do so by the terms on which the power is conferred; or
	(b)	the shares or other securities form part of a new issue offered to existing holders of shares or securities in proportion to their existing holdings.
16A—Recovery of GST
	(1)	Where—
	(a)	a trustee company will be liable to pay GST in respect of commission or a fee or other remuneration charged or received by the company for a service provided by it; and
	(b)	a limit is imposed by or under another provision of this Act on the amount of the commission, fee or other remuneration,
the trustee company may (subject to the terms on which it provides the service) charge the relevant estate, trust or fund commission or a fee, or receive other remuneration, that does not exceed the amount that is, after deduction of the GST payable in respect of it, equivalent to the maximum commission, fee or other remuneration that could be charged or received by the company in accordance with the limit referred to in paragraph (b).
	(2)	In this section—
GST means the tax payable under the GST law;
GST law means—
	(a)	A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth; and
	(b)	the related legislation of the Commonwealth dealing with the imposition of a tax on the supply of goods, services and other things.

Part 3—Duties and liabilities of trustee companies
17—Returns to be made by trustee company
	(1)	Subject to this section, a trustee company must lodge with the Corporate Affairs Commission during the prescribed months in each year a statement in the prescribed form together with such documents as may be prescribed.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(2)	Statements may not be required to be lodged under this section more frequently than once every three months.
	(3)	The Commission may, in a particular case, extend the period for compliance with a requirement under this section.
	(4)	Any person may inspect a statement or document lodged with the Commission under this section.
18—Minister may require information etc
	(1)	The Minister may, by notice in writing to a trustee company, require the company to furnish within such period as is specified in the notice such written information as to the company's operations as is specified in the notice.
	(2)	A trustee company must not fail to comply with the requirements of a notice under subsection (1).
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(3)	Where it appears to the Minister necessary or advisable to do so, the Minister may order—
	(a)	a review of the operations of a trustee company; or
	(b)	an audit of the accounts of a trustee company; or
	(c)	both a review and audit.
	(4)	For the purpose of a review or audit under subsection (3), a trustee company must—
	(a)	deliver to the person appointed by the Minister to conduct the review or audit a list of all books, accounts and records kept by the company;
	(b)	produce its books, accounts and records to that person at any reasonable time when required to do so;
	(c)	afford that person all necessary information and facilities for the effective conduct of the review or audit.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(5)	Unless the Minister otherwise determines, the cost of a review or audit under this section must be borne by the trustee company and may be recovered by the Minister in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.
19—Accounts, audits and information for investor etc in common funds
	(1)	A trustee company must—
	(a)	keep or cause to be kept proper books of account in relation to each common fund established by the company; and
	(b)	cause those accounts to be audited at the end of each financial year by a registered company auditor; and
	(c)	send or cause to be sent by post a statement of the accounts together with the report of the auditor on those accounts within two months of the end of the financial year to each investor (other than an estate) in the common fund.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(2)	A trustee company must, on request in writing by any investor in a common fund established by the company, furnish to that person, as soon as practicable and without charge, copies of the accounts, auditor's report and other documents laid before the company at its last annual general meeting pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(2a)	Where the whole or part of an estate is invested in a common fund established by a trustee company, the company must, on request in writing by a person with a proper interest in the matter, provide to that person as soon as practicable and without charge—
	(a)	for the purpose of inspection, copying or retention by that person—copies of accounts, auditor's report and other documents laid before the company at its last annual general meeting pursuant to the Corporations Law;
	(b)	a written statement of—
	(i)	the classes of investments in which the common fund is for the time being invested and the proportion of the fund invested in each of those classes; and
	(ii)	the trustee company's investment strategy for the fund.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
	(3)	It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (2) or (2a) if it is proved that the defendant had, before the failure to which the charge relates, furnished a copy of the accounts and documents referred to in that subsection to the person in relation to whom the failure occurred.
	(4)	In this section—
financial year, in relation to a trustee company, means the period that is the financial year of the company for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
registered company auditor means a person who is registered as an auditor under Part 9.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
20—Information for prospective investors in common funds
	(1)	Subject to this section, a trustee company must not accept money from any person for investment in a common fund established by the company unless the person has previously been furnished with the documents required under this section.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
	(2)	Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	money invested in a common fund by a trustee company in the course of the administration or management of an estate; or
	(b)	money received for investment in prescribed circumstances.
	(3)	The following documents must be furnished for the purposes of subsection (1):
	(a)	a document containing the following information:
	(i)	the nature and the amount or rate of any fee that the trustee company charges in respect of investment in the common fund; and
	(ii)	the extent (if any) to which a capital sum invested may be reduced to defray losses from investment of the common fund; and
	(iii)	the class of investments in which the common fund may be invested; and
	(iv)	the rights of an investor in the common fund to withdraw all or part of the person's investment in the fund and the period of notice (if any) that the investor is required to give the company in respect of such withdrawal; and
	(v)	the terms governing distribution of income and profit or loss of a capital nature attributable to each investment in the common fund; and
	(b)	copies of the statement of accounts and auditor's report last prepared in relation to the common fund; and
	(c)	copies of the accounts and auditor's report laid before the last annual general meeting of the company pursuant to the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
21—False or misleading statements as to common fund
	(1)	A trustee company must not make or include in an advertisement or notice that it publishes or issues in relation to a common fund established or to be established by the company any statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
	(2)	Any person who suffers loss by reason of a statement made or included in an advertisement or notice in contravention of subsection (1) may recover compensation in respect of the loss from the trustee company by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
22—Trustee company may be required to provide account in relation to estate
	(1)	Subject to this section, a trustee company administering or managing an estate must, on application by any person with a proper interest in the matter, provide that person with an account of—
	(a)	the assets and liabilities of the estate;
	(b)	the company's administration of the estate;
	(c)	any distribution made from the estate;
	(d)	any other expenditure from the estate.
	(2)	Where—
	(a)	a trustee company has provided an account to a person under this section; and
	(b)	that person applies for a further account within three months from the date on which that person was provided with the previous account,
the company need not provide a further account in response to that application until the expiration of that period of three months.
	(3)	The company may charge a reasonable fee for providing an account under this section.
	(4)	If the company fails to provide a proper account under this section, the Court may, on application by the person who sought the account or any other person who has a proper interest in the matter, exercise one or both of the following powers—
	(a)	it may order the preparation and delivery of proper accounts;
	(b)	it may order an investigation of the administration of the estate by an officer of the Court or other person nominated in the order,
(and it may make any incidental or ancillary orders).
23—Directors and managers responsible to the Court
Where a trustee company is appointed or acts as executor, administrator, or in any other capacity under this Act, the manager and directors of the company are individually and collectively responsible to the Court in the same way and to the same extent as if they had been personally appointed to act in that capacity.
24—Trustee company may be removed from office
A trustee company appointed or acting as executor, administrator, or in any other capacity under this Act is subject to the same control by the Court as a natural person acting in that capacity and is similarly liable to removal by the Court.
25—Appointment by Court of administrator of trustee company's affairs
	(1)	Where it appears to the Court—
	(a)	that proceedings to wind up a trustee company have commenced; or
	(b)	that a trustee company is not in a position to carry out its fiduciary duties; or
	(c)	that a trustee company has committed serious breaches of its fiduciary duties such that the power conferred by this section should be exercised,
the Court may, on application by the Minister, appoint an administrator to administer the company's affairs insofar as they involve the performance of fiduciary duties.
	(2)	The Court may determine—
	(a)	the powers and duties of an administrator appointed under this section; and
	(b)	the terms and conditions on which the administrator is appointed.
	(3)	The Court may at any time terminate an appointment made under this section.

Part 4—Miscellaneous
26—False or misleading statements
A trustee company must not make or include in any document required by or for the purposes of this Act any statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
27—Offences by trustee companies
Where a trustee company is guilty of an offence against this Act, the manager and each director of the company is also guilty of an offence and liable to the same penalty as is prescribed for the principal offence unless it is proved that the manager or director exercised reasonable diligence to prevent commission of the offence.
28—Evidentiary provision
	(1)	A certificate under the seal of a trustee company certifying that a person named in the certificate is an officer of the company is to be accepted in any legal proceedings, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof that the person is an officer of the company.
	(2)	A certificate under seal of the company—
	(a)	certifying that the company is authorised to act as executor of the will, or administrator of the estate, of a deceased person, or in any other capacity authorised by this Act; and
	(b)	including a photographic copy of the probate or letters of administration with or without the will annexed, or other order or document of appointment,
is, notwithstanding any other law, sufficient evidence that the company is authorised to act as executor of the will, or administrator of the estate, of the deceased person, or in that other capacity.
	(3)	A certificate under subsection (2) is equivalent, for registration purposes, to the probate, letters of administration, trust instrument or other order or document of appointment.
29—Act not to affect other Acts or remedies
	(1)	The provisions of this Act are in addition to, and do not derogate from, the provisions of any other Act.
	(2)	Nothing in this Act derogates from any right of action or other right or remedy that a person has apart from this Act.
30—Summary offences
The offences constituted by this Act are summary offences.
31—Regulations
	(1)	The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by this Act or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.
	(2)	Any such regulation may prescribe a fine, not exceeding $1 250, for breach of or non-compliance with a provision of the regulations.

Schedule 1—Trustee companies
The following companies are trustee companies for the purposes of this Act:
ANZ Executors & Trustee Company Limited
Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company Limited
Elders Trustees Limited
Executor Trustee Australia Limited
IOOF Australia Trustees Limited
National Australia Trustees Limited
Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited
Perpetual Trustees Consolidated Limited
Perpetual Trustees S.A. Limited
Tower Trust Limited

Schedule 2—Repeal of certain Acts and transitional provision
1	The following Acts are repealed:
The ANZ Executors & Trustee Company (South Australia) Limited Act 1985
The Bagot's Executor Company Act 1910
The Elder's Executor Company's Act 1910
The Executors Company's Act 1885
The Farmers' Co-operative Executors Act 1919.
2	On a day six months after the commencement of this Act the Public Trustee must take whatever action is necessary to transfer or surrender any money or securities held by it pursuant to section 10 of the Bagot's Executor Company Act 1910, section 17 of the Elder's Executor Company's Act 1910, section 5 of the Executors Company's Act 1885 or section 17 of the Farmers' Co-operative Executors Act 1919 to the trustee company which deposited that money or those securities.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.
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	•	Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.
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Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement	
1988	102	Trustee Companies Act 1988	15.12.1988	20.4.1989 (Gazette 20.4.1989 p1080)	
1990	73	Trustee Companies Act Amendment Act 1990	20.12.1990	31.10.1991 (Gazette 31.10.1991 p1198)	
1993	92	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio No. 2) Act 1993	4.11.1993	4.11.1993	
1996	78	ANZ Executors & Trustee Company (South Australia) Limited (Transfer of Business) Act 1996	28.11.1996	1.1.1997 (Gazette 19.12.1996 p1918)	
1999	56	Statutes Amendment (Trusts) Act 1999	12.8.1999	Pt 3 (ss 8—14) & Sch—18.10.1999 (Gazette 30.9.1999 p1341)	
2000	23	Statutes Amendment (Public Trustee and Trustee Companies—GST) Act 2000	8.6.2000	8.6.2000	
2001	23	Statutes Amendment (Corporations) Act 2001	14.6.2001	Pt 32 (ss 119—121)—15.7.2001 being the day on which the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth came into operation: Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S 285, 13 July 2001 (Gazette 21.6.2001 p2270)	
2002	33	Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Act 2002	28.11.2002	Pt 12 (s 20)—3.3.2003 (Gazette 27.2.2003 p807)	
2005	36	Trustee Companies (Elders Trustees Limited) Amendment Act 2005	14.7.2005	15.8.2005 (Gazette 11.8.2005 p3012)	
2006	44	Statutes Amendment (Justice Portfolio) Act 2006	14.12.2006	Pt 31 (s 67)—uncommenced	
Provisions amended
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
Pt 1			
s 2	omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002	15.8.2005	
s 3			
s 3(1)	s 3 redesignated as s 3(1) by 56/1999 s 8(b)	18.10.1999	
person who has a proper interest or person with a proper interest	inserted by 56/1999 s 8(a)	18.10.1999	
s 3(2) and (3)	inserted by 56/1999 s 8(b)	18.10.1999	
Pt 2			
s 10			
s 10(1)	amended by 56/1999 s 9(a)	18.10.1999	
s 10(2)	amended by 56/1999 s 9(b)	18.10.1999	
s 10(2a)	inserted by 56/1999 s 9(c)	18.10.1999	
s 10(4)—(6)	inserted by 56/1999 s 9(d)	18.10.1999	
s 15			
s 15(2)	substituted by 56/1999 s 10(a)	18.10.1999	
s 15(3a)	inserted by 56/1999 s 10(b)	18.10.1999	
ss 15A and 15B	inserted by 56/1999 s 11	18.10.1999	
s 16	amended by 23/2001 s 119	15.7.2001	
s 16A	inserted by 23/2000 s 4	8.6.2000	
Pt 3			
s 17			
s 17(1)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
s 18			
s 18(2) and (4)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
s 19			
s 19(1)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
s 19(2)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
	amended by 23/2001 s 120(a)	15.7.2001	
s 19(2a)	inserted by 56/1999 s 12(a)	18.10.1999	
s 19(3)	amended by 56/1999 s 12(b)	18.10.1999	
s 19(4)			
financial year	amended by 23/2001 s 120(b)	15.7.2001	
registered company auditor	substituted by 23/2001 s 120(c)	15.7.2001	
s 20			
s 20(1)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
s 20(3)	amended by 23/2001 s 121	15.7.2001	
s 21			
s 21(1)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
Pt 4			
s 26	amended by 56/1999 s 14( Sch)	18.10.1999	
s 31			
s 31(2)	amended by 56/1999 s 14 (Sch)	18.10.1999	
Sch 1	amended by 73/1990 s 3	31.10.1991	
	amended by 92/1993 s 5	4.11.1993	
	amended by 78/1996 Sch	1.1.1997	
	amended by 56/1999 s 13	18.10.1999	
	amended by 33/2002 s 20	3.3.2003	
	amended by 36/2005 s 4	15.8.2005	
Historical versions
Reprint No 1—15.1.1992		
Reprint No 2—4.11.1993		
Reprint No 3—1.1.1997		
Reprint No 4—18.10.1999		
Reprint No 5—8.6.2000		
Reprint No 6—15.7.2001		
Reprint No 7—3.3.2003