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1999 No
42
2001 No
34
2003 No
53
2003 No
4
2006 No
58
2006 No
120
2006 No
80
2009 No
49
2009 No
106
2010 No
19
2010 No
88
2011 No
27
2011 No
62
2015 No
48
2018 No
28
2017 No
17
2018 No
70
2019 No
20
2020 No
24
This Act has also been amended pursuant to an
order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act
1972 (previously Acts Reprinting Act
1972). Order dated 2.1.1975 and published in Gazette No 12
of 10.1.1975, p 84, declaring that the Trustee Act
1925 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of
the Acts Reprinting Act 1972
applies.
Trustee Act 1925 No 14
date of commencement, 1.3.1926, sec 1 (2)
Trustee (Amendment) Act 1929 No
60
Statute Law Revision Act 1937 No
35
Conveyancing, Trustee and Probate (Amendment) Act
1938 No 30
date of commencement, 1.1.1939, sec 1 (2) and GG No 188 of 23.12.1938, p
4951
Trustee and Wills (Emergency Provisions) Act
1940 No 32
Public Trustee (Amendment) Act 1942 No
26
Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33
date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the
Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2
(2)
Limitation Act 1969 No 31
date of commencement, 1.1.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 106 of 21.8.1970, p
3331
Supreme Court Act 1970 No 52
date of commencement, Pt 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 and GG No 59 of
2.6.1972, p 2018
Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No
41
Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970 No
60
date of commencement, 1.7.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 60 of 4.6.1971, p
1863
Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1972 No
17
Reprints Act 1972 No 48
Coal Mining Act 1973 No 81
date of commencement of Fourth Sch, 29.3.1974, sec 1 (2) and GG No 36 of
29.3.1974, p 1118
Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976 No
97
date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1977, sec 2 (2) and GG No 68 of
24.6.1977, p 2508
Trustee (Amendment) Act 1979 No
189
Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act
1980 No 196
date of commencement of Sch 1 (except as provided in sec 2
(4)–(6)), 1.10.1981, sec 2 (3) and GG No 141 of 25.9.1981, p
5107
Miscellaneous Acts (State Bank) Repeal and Amendment Act
1981 No 90
date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.11.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 168 of
2.11.1981, p 5673
Miscellaneous Acts (Companies) Amendment Act
1981 No 123
date of commencement of Sch 8 (except as provided in sec 2 (6)
(a)–(c)), 1.7.1982, sec 2 (6) and GG No 90 of 30.6.1982, p
2959
Trustee (Investment Powers) Amendment Act 1982 No
35
date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.5.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 65 of
14.5.1982, p 2090
Liquor (Repeals and Savings) Act 1982 No
148
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1983, sec 2 (3) and GG No 74 of
20.5.1983, p 2181
Trustee (Powers of Attorney) Amendment Act 1983
No 28
date of commencement, 22.4.1983, sec 2
Trustee (Investment) Amendment Act 1983 No
204
Perpetuities Act 1984 No 43
date of commencement of Sch 1, 31.10.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 147 of
19.10.1984, p 5077
Trustee (Amendment) Act 1984 No 169
date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 98 of
28.6.1985, p 3000
Trustee (Trustees’ Agents) Amendment Act
1985 No 89
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1987 No 48
date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13),
1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809
Trustee (Amendment) Act 1987 No 139
date of commencement, 1.8.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 126 of 31.7.1987, p
4254
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1987 No 209
date of commencement of Sch 37, assent, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1988 No 131
date of commencement of Sch 25, 16.6.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of
16.6.1989, p 3499
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1989 No 226
The provision of Sch 1 relating to the Trustee Act
1925 was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994
No 32
Mining Act 1992 No 29
date of commencement, 21.8.1992, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 20.8.1992, p
5905
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992
No 34
date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Trustee Act 1925, 15.1.1993, Sch 1 and
GG No 5 of 15.1.1993, p 60
Financial Institutions (New South Wales) Act
1992 No 46
date of commencement, 30.6.1992, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 30.6.1992, p
4481
Trustee (Amendment) Act 1993 No 18
date of commencement, 1.8.1993, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 23.7.1993, p
4045
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993
No 46
date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Trustee Act 1925, assent, Sch
1
Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995
No 11
date of commencement of Sch 1.137, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of
23.6.1995, p 3279
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act
1995 No 62
date of commencement, 1.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 22.12.1995, p
8682
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995 No 99
date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2
(3)
Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
1996 No 24
date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p
3984
Trustee Amendment Act 1996 No 100
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Strata Schemes Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
1996 No 139
date of commencement, 1.7.1997, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 27.6.1997, p
4770
Friendly Societies (New South Wales) Act 1997 No
11
date of commencement, 1.10.1997, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 26.9.1997, p
8179
Trustee Amendment (Discretionary Investments) Act
1997 No 102
date of commencement, 13.3.1998, sec 2 and GG No 52 of 13.3.1998, p
1381
Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act
1999 No 4
date of commencement of Sch 2.24, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of
25.6.1999, p 4082
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999
No 31
date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1)
Offshore Minerals Act 1999 No 42
date of commencement, 31.3.2000, sec 2 and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p
2490
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999 No 94
date of commencement of Sch 4.168, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of
24.12.1999, p 12184
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001
No 34
date of commencement of Sch 2.55, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth
Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001
Valuers Act 2003 No 4
date of commencement of Sch 1.13, 31.3.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 37 of
29.3.2005, p 929
Powers of Attorney Act 2003 No 53
date of commencement, 16.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 13.2.2004, p
613
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
No 58
date of commencement of Sch 3.19, assent, sec 2 (2)
Succession Act 2006 No 80
date of commencement, 1.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 15.2.2008, p
707
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2006 No 120
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2)
NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49
date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW
1.7.2009
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2009 No 106
date of commencement of Sch 5, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2)
Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2010
No 88
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 3, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2011 No 62
date of commencement of Sch 5, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1)
Regulatory Reform and Other Legislative Repeals Act
2015 No 48
date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.3.2016, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (798) LW
18.12.2015
Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No
17
date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW
1.6.2018
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act
2018 No 28
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment)
Act 2018 No 70
date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW
30.11.2018
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2019 No
20
date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2(1)
Stronger Communities Legislation Amendment (Courts and
Civil) Act 2020 No 24
date of commencement of Sch 1.14, assent, sec 2(1)
1Miscellaneous
notes
This Act is reprinted with the omission of all
amending provisions authorised to be omitted under sec 6 of the Reprints Act 1972.
2History
notes
No reference is made to certain amendments made
by the Decimal Currency Act
1965, the Reprints Act
1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific
language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995.
Part 1A,
heading
Ins 1999 No 31, Sch 5.110
[2].
Sec 2
Rep 1999 No 31, Sch
5.110 [3].
Sec 4
Rep 1987 No 48, Sch 32.
Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(1); 2006 No 80, Sch 3.15 [1]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [1]
[2].
Sec 6
Am 1940 No 32, sec 11
(a); 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (2); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59
[3].
Sec 7
Am 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(3); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [3].
Sec 8
Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59
[3].
Sec 9
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(a); 1973 No 81, Fourth Sch; 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.17 [1]; 2017
No 17, Sch 4.100 [1].
Sec 10
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(b); 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(4); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [3].
Sec 14
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(c); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1982 No 35, Sch 1 (1); 1983 No
204, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 169, Sch 1; 1985 No 89, Sch 1 (1). Subst 1987 No 139,
Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 14A
Ins 1983 No 204, Sch 1
(2). Subst 1987 No 139, Sch 1 (1). Am 1987 No 209, Sch 37 (1); 1992 No 46, Sch
1; 1995 No 11, Sch 1.137; 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [1]–[6]; 1996 No 139,
Sch 2.33. Subst 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2018 No 70, Sch
3.64.
Sec 14B
Ins 1987 No 139, Sch 1
(1). Subst 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 14C
Ins 1987 No 139, Sch 1
(1). Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [7] [8]. Subst 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 14D
Ins 1987 No 139, Sch 1
(1). Am 1987 No 209, Sch 37 (2). Subst 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[2].
Secs 14DA,
14DB
Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 14E
Ins 1987 No 139, Sch 1
(1). Am 1988 No 131, Sch 25; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [4].
Sec 14F
Ins 1993 No 18, sec
3.
Sec 15
Am 1983 No 204, Sch 1
(3); 1987 No 139, Sch 1 (2); 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [9]. Rep 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 16
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Rep 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 18
Am 1987 No 139, Sch 1
(3); 2003 No 4, Sch 1.13; 2010 No 88, Sch 5 [1]; 2015 No 48, Sch 1.30 [1]
[2].
Sec 19
Am 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[5]–[7].
Sec 20
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(d).
Sec 21
Am 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(5).
Sec 21A
Ins 1982 No 35, Sch 1
(2). Am 1987 No 139, Sch 1 (4); 1992 No 46, Sch 1; 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [10]
[11]; 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [8]–[10].
Sec 22
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(e); 1981 No 123, Sch 8; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.55.
Sec 24
Am 1983 No 204, Sch 1
(4); 1987 No 139, Sch 1 (5); 1997 No 102, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 26
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(f).
Sec 27
Am 1929 No 60, sec
2.
Sec 27A
Ins 1929 No 60, sec 3.
Rep 1984 No 43, Sch 1.
Secs 27B,
27C
Ins 1929 No 60, sec
3.
Sec 28
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(g); 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 32A
Ins 1938 No 30, sec 5
(h).
Sec 33
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(i).
Sec 36
Am 1982 No 148, Sch 2;
2009 No 106, Sch 5.25.
Sec 38
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(j).
Secs 39A,
39B
Ins 1938 No 30, sec 5
(k).
Sec 42A
Ins 2020 No 24, Sch
1.14[1].
Sec 43
Am 1970 No 60, First
Sch; 2011 No 27, Sch 3.15 [1] [2]; 2020 No 24, Sch
1.14[2].
Sec 43A
Ins 2011 No 27, Sch
3.15 [3]. Am 2020 No 24, Sch 1.14[2].
Sec 44
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(l) (ii); 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (6); 2020 No 24, Sch
1.14[3].
Sec 45
Am 1937 No 35, Second
Sch; 1999 No 4, Sch 2.24 [1]–[3]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.116 [1]–[4];
2018 No 28, Sch 1.39.
Sec 45A,
heading
Ins 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(7).
Sec 45A
Ins 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(7). Am 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [3].
Sec 46,
heading
Am 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(8).
Sec 46
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(m); 1970 No 60, First Sch.
Sec 47,
heading
Ins 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(9) (a).
Sec 47
Am 1942 No 26, sec 8
(1); 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (9) (b)–(f); 2009 No 49,
Sch 2.59 [3] [5].
Sec 49
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(n).
Sec 50
Am 1996 No 24, Sch
1.115 [12].
Sec 51
Am 2009 No 49, Sch
2.59 [3].
Sec 53
Am 1985 No 89, Sch 1
(2); 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [13] [14]; 2006 No 58, Sch 3.19 [1]
[2].
Sec 54
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(o); 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [15]–[18]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59
[4].
Sec 54A
Ins 1938 No 30, sec 5
(p). Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.115 [19].
Sec 60
Am 1976 No 97, Sch 1;
1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1993 No 46, Sch 1; 1995 No 62, Sch
2.9.
Sec 61
Am 2006 No 80, Sch
3.15 [2].
Sec 61A
Ins 1938 No 30, sec 5
(q).
Sec 63
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 2006 No 58, Sch 3.19
[3].
Sec 64
Am 1938 No 30, sec 5
(r); 1940 No 32, sec 11 (b); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [3].
Sec 65
Am 2009 No 49, Sch
2.59 [3].
Sec 67
Am 1983 No 28, Sch 1
(1). Subst 2003 No 53, Sch 4.6.
Sec 69
Rep 1969 No 31, Sch
2.
Sec 70
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1999 No 94, Sch 4.168.
Sec 71
Am 1970 No 60, First
Sch.
Sec 73
Rep 1970 No 60, First
Sch.
Sec 74
Am 1970 No 60, First
Sch.
Sec 75
Am 1972 No 17, sec
22.
Secs 76,
77
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 78
Am 1983 No 28, Sch 1
(2); 1992 No 29, Sch 5; 1999 No 42, Sch 3.17 [2]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.100
[2].
Sec 80
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 82
Am 1970 No 60, First
Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (10).
Sec 82A
Ins 1938 No 30, sec 5
(s). Am 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (11); 1996 No 100, Sch 1 [1]
[2]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [3] [4].
Sec 83
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1970 No 60, Sch 1; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (12).
Rep 1987 No 139, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 84
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1970 No 60, First Sch.
Sec 85
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Part 3, Div 3A (secs
86A–86C)
Ins 2020 No 24, Sch
1.14[4].
Sec 88
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 2006 No 58, Sch 3.19
[3].
Sec 89
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 90
Rep 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch). Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[12].
Sec 90A
Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[12].
Sec 91
Subst 1970 No 52,
Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 93
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 94
Rep 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec 96
Am 1970 No 60, First
Sch.
Sec 97
Am 1997 No 11, Sch
1.18.
Sec 98
Am 1970 No 52, Second
Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec
100A
Ins 2019 No 20, Sch
1.23.
Sec 101
Am 1937 No 35, Second
Sch; 2006 No 80, Sch 3.15 [3]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.59 [4].
Secs 102,
104
Subst 1970 No 52,
Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).
Sec
104A
Ins 1979 No 189, Sch 1
(13). Am 1987 No 48, Sch 32.
Sec 105
Rep 2011 No 62, Sch
5.
Sec 106
Rep 2006 No 120, Sch
2.103.
Sec 107
Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[13].
Sch 1 (previously
Sch), heading
Subst 1997 No 102, Sch
1 [14].
Sch 1 (previously
Sch)
Renumbered 1997 No
102, Sch 1 [14].
Sch 2
Ins 1997 No 102, Sch 1
[15]. Am 2010 No 88, Sch 5 [2]; 2015 No 48, Sch 1.30 [3].
The whole
Act
Am 1999 No 31, Sch
5.110 [1] (each heading that is not a Part heading, Div heading, sec heading,
Sch heading, cl heading or Column heading omitted).
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