(1) The State
Administrative Tribunal may fix remuneration or a rate of remuneration and
order that the same be paid to an administrator out of the estate of the
represented person if the Tribunal considers that, because of the size or
complexity of the estate or both, remuneration should be paid to the
administrator.
(2) A guardian, and
except as provided in subsection (1) an administrator, shall not receive
remuneration for services rendered to the represented person.
(3) Nothing in this
section —
(a)
prevents the Public Trustee from receiving remuneration under the
Public Trustee Act 1941 ; or
(b)
limits the operation of section 16 of this Act or section 39, 87 or 88 of the
State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 .
(4) Subject to
subsection (3)(a), a corporate trustee shall only be entitled to commission in
respect of the capital of the estate of a represented person to the extent
that the State Administrative Tribunal expressly allows.
[Section 117 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 460 and
466.]