Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where an order is made under section 244 or 245 for the administration of the estate of a deceased person under this Part, and there is a legal personal representative of the deceased person, the legal personal representative shall, within 28 days from the day on which he or she is notified of the making of the order:
(a) make out a statement of the deceased person's affairs and of his or her administration of the deceased person's estate; and
(b) give a copy of the statement to the Official Receiver.
Note: See also section 277B (about infringement notices).
(1A) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(4) The cost of making out and filing such a statement shall be borne by the estate.
(5) A person who states in writing that he or she is a creditor of the estate may, without fee, and any other person may, on payment of the fee determined by the Minister by legislative instrument, inspect, personally or by an agent, the statement filed under this section in respect of a deceased person, and make copies of, or take extracts from, the statement.
(6) If the trustee of the estate is a registered trustee, the Official Receiver must give the trustee a copy of the order and a copy of the statement of affairs.