Public Trustee Act 1978

When any moneys or chattels are payable or deliverable by the public trustee to any person in any place beyond the Commonwealth of Australia, the public trustee may pay or deliver the same to the chief consular officer for that place in Queensland or in the Commonwealth, or to any other official (wherever located) of such place who appears to the public trustee to be a suitable person to receive the same on behalf of the person entitled, and the receipt of such consular officer or other official shall be a sufficient discharge to the public trustee, who shall not be further concerned to see to the application thereof.

Where any moneys or chattels are payable or deliverable by the public trustee to any person in any place beyond Queensland, the public trustee may pay or deliver the same to any person who is authorised by the law of that place to manage the estate or affairs of such first mentioned person on the ground of such first mentioned person’s lack of capacity to manage the person’s own affairs.