12—Protection of administrators etc
(1) Where a person has
an interest in property by reason of a relationship recognised under the law
of this State by virtue of this Act—
(a) no
action shall lie against an administrator or trustee of the property by virtue
of any distribution of, or dealing with, the property made without actual
notice of the relationship; and
(b)
where any person has taken a beneficial interest in the property, his interest
shall be undisturbed unless he took the interest with prior actual notice of
the relationship.
(2) Where a person
claims an interest in property by reason of a relationship that would be
recognised under the law of this State if it were adjudged, in pursuance of
the provisions of this Act, to exist, or to have existed, an administrator or
trustee of the property may by notice in writing require that person to take
proceedings under this Act seeking the appropriate declaration, and if that
person fails to commence such proceedings within three months after being
served personally or by post with that notice, then—
(a) no
action shall lie against the administrator or trustee of the property by
reason of any distribution of, or dealing with, the property made on the
assumption that the relationship does not exist; and
(b)
where any person has taken a beneficial interest in the property, his interest
shall be undisturbed.