Public Trustee Act 1995

In this Act—

administration, in relation to a deceased person, means all letters of administration of the effects of the person, whether with or without a will annexed, and whether granted for general, special, or limited purposes, and administrator, in relation to a deceased person, has a corresponding meaning;

common fund means a common fund established by the Public Trustee under Part

5;

Court means the Supreme Court of South

Australia;

deliver property includes pay money;

domestic partner, in relation to a deceased person, means—

a person declared under the Family Relationships Act 1975 to have been the domestic partner of that person as at the date of the deceased person's death; or

a person who was in a registered relationship with the deceased person as at the date of the deceased person's death;

estate under the control of the Public Trustee includes any property administered or managed by, or under the control of, the

Public Trustee as trustee, executor, administrator (whether or not in relation to a deceased person) or in any other capacity authorised under this or any other Act, but does not include money deposited with the Public Trustee for the purpose only of investment in a common fund;

investor means an estate or person on whose behalf money is invested in the common fund;

Public Trustee means the person holding or acting in the office of Public Trustee under

Part

2;

registered relationship means a relationship that is registered under the Relationships

Register Act 2016, and includes a corresponding law registered relationship under that Act;

spouse, in relation to a deceased person, means a person who was legally married to the deceased as at the date of his or her death;

trustee includes a bare trustee or custodian trustee;

will includes codicil.

NoteFor definition of divisional penalties (and divisional expiation fees) see Appendix.