Western Australian Current Acts

TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1987 - SECT 8

8 .         Person entitled to administration on intestacy may authorise trustee company to obtain administration

        (1)         A person who is entitled to obtain administration of the estate of a person who died intestate may —

            (a)         join with a trustee company in an application for a grant of letters of administration of the estate to himself and the trustee company jointly; or

            (b)         instead of applying to the Court for a grant, authorise a trustee company to apply to the Court for a grant of letters of administration of the estate.

        (2)         Where —

            (a)         a person joins with a trustee company in an application under subsection (1)(a); or

            (b)         a trustee company makes an application as authorised under subsection (1)(b),

                the Court may grant letters of administration of the estate in accordance with the application.