Public Trustee Act 1979

(1) Where the Public Trustee is acting as executor, administrator, attorney, trustee, receiver, manager, committee or guardian, a certificate under the seal of the Public Trustee certifying:

(a) the capacity referred to in this subsection in which the Public Trustee is authorized to act;

(b) the manner in which the Public Trustee became authorized to act in that capacity;

(c) the time at which the Public Trustee became authorized to act in that capacity;

(d) that the real or personal property described in the certificate forms part of the estate in respect of which the Public Trustee is acting,

shall, without further proof, be accepted by all courts, employees and persons, whether acting under an Act or not, as sufficient evidence of the respective matters so certified.

(2) Where the Public Trustee is executor of, or has a grant of administration of, the estate of any deceased person, a certificate by the Public Trustee under his or her seal certifying all or any of the following facts, namely:

(b) the residential address of the deceased at the time of his or her death;

(c) the occupation of the deceased immediately prior to the time of his or her death;

(d) the nature or form of the authority by which the Public Trustee is administering the estate;

(e) the date of granting of the authority referred to in paragraph (d);

(f) the reference number of the authority referred to in paragraph (d);

(g) the manner in which the Public Trustee became authorized to administer the estate; and

(h) the time at which the Public Trustee became authorized to administer the estate,

shall, without further proof, be accepted by all courts, employees and persons, whether acting under an Act or not, as sufficient evidence of the respective matters so certified.

(3) A certificate made in pursuance of subsection (1) in relation to any property registered under the Land Title Act 2000 shall be sufficient evidence for the Registrar-General to register the Public Trustee as the proprietor of the estate or interest described in the certificate.

(4) Where the Public Trustee is acting jointly with another person in any of the capacities mentioned in subsection (1) or (2), a certificate issued in accordance with the conditions of this section shall be accepted by all courts, employees and persons, whether acting under an Act or not, as sufficient evidence of the facts set out therein without any other proof.