Rights and duties to which public trustee may be appointed
27 Rights and duties to which public trustee may be appointed
Where any person or corporation may be appointed or act as a trustee, executor, administrator, next friend, guardian, committee, agent, attorney, liquidator, receiver, manager or director or to or in any other office of a fiduciary nature the public trustee may be so appointed or may so act.
Where an official liquidator may be appointed liquidator by a court or judge, such appointment may be made of the public trustee where, in the opinion of the court or judge, there are special reasons for so doing.
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the public trustee’s appointment to any office or capacity shall, except where by this or any other Act it is otherwise provided, be subject to the public trustee consenting thereto.
The public trustee may charge and receive such fees and remuneration as are fixed under this Act, or if not fixed under this Act, as may be allowed by law, for acting in any capacity to which the public trustee may be appointed under this section.
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