A financial administrator appointed under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (Qld) may invoke the rule in Saunders v Vautier to terminate trusts established by statute (ss 43(6), 44, 59 of the Public Trustee Act 1978) or by settlement or agreement, without a court order, where the adult beneficiary has an absolute, vested and indefeasible interest as sole beneficiary. However, the administrator cannot terminate a trust established by court order without a further court order discharging the original order, regardless of whether the order is expressed to operate 'until further order'. The question whether an attorney under an enduring power of attorney has the same power was expressly left open.
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