New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 41.14

41.14 Payment to executors or administrators

(cf SCR Part 50, rule 11)

(1) If--

(a) by any judgment or order, the court directs the payment of funds in court to any persons described in the judgment or order, or in a certificate of an associate Judge of the Supreme Court, as executors or administrators, and

(b) it appears to the registrar--

(i) that one or more of them has died since the date on which the judgment or order took effect, or

(ii) that one or more of them had died on or before the date on which the judgment or order took effect, but is described in the judgment, order or certificate as an executor of the will or administrator of the estate of a creditor, shareholder or debenture holder,

then, unless the judgment or order otherwise directs, the registrar may pay the funds to their survivors.

(2) If--

(a) by any judgment or order, the court directs the payment of funds in court to any persons described in the judgment or order, or in a certificate of an associate Judge of the Supreme Court, as executors or administrators, and

(b) the funds in court total less than $200,

then, unless the judgment or order otherwise directs, the registrar may pay the funds to any of them.