Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

This Act is reprinted with the omission of all amending provisions authorised to be omitted under sec 6 of the Reprints Act 1972.

Table of amending instruments

Trustee Act 1925 No 14. Assented to 8.12.1925. Date of commencement, 1.3.1926, sec 1 (2). This Act has been amended as follows:

1929	No 60	Trustee (Amendment) Act 1929. Assented to 24.12.1929.
1937	No 35	Statute Law Revision Act 1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.
1938	No 30	Conveyancing, Trustee and Probate (Amendment) Act 1938. Assented to 14.12.1938. Date of commencement, 1.1.1939, sec 1 (2) and GG No 188 of 23.12.1938, p 4951.
1940	No 32	Trustee and Wills (Emergency Provisions) Act 1940. Assented to 11.11.1940.
1942	No 26	Public Trustee (Amendment) Act 1942. Assented to 14.12.1942.
1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1969	No 31	Limitation Act 1969. Assented to 9.4.1969. Date of commencement, 1.1.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 106 of 21.8.1970, p 3331.
1970	No 52	Supreme Court Act 1970. Assented to 14.10.1970. Date of commencement, Pt 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018. Amended by Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41. Assented to 11.4.1972.
	No 60	Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970. Assented to 13.11.1970. Date of commencement, 1.7.1971, sec 1 (2) and GG No 60 of 4.6.1971, p 1863.
1972	No 17	Conveyancing (Amendment) Act 1972. Assented to 29.3.1972.
	No 48	Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972.
1973	No 81	Coal Mining Act 1973. Assented to 20.12.1973. Date of commencement of Fourth Sch, 29.3.1974, sec 1 (2) and GG No 36 of 29.3.1974, p 1118.
1976	No 97	Children (Equality of Status) Act 1976. Assented to 17.12.1976. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1977, sec 2 (2) and GG No 68 of 24.6.1977, p 2508.
1979	No 189	Trustee (Amendment) Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979.
1980	No 196	Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 22.12.1980. 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.
1981	No 90	Miscellaneous Acts (State Bank) Repeal and Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 10.6.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 2.11.1981, sec 2 (2) and GG No 168 of 2.11.1981, p 5673.
	No 123	Miscellaneous Acts (Companies) Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 30.12.1981. 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.
1982	No 35	Trustee (Investment Powers) Amendment Act 1982. Assented to 5.5.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 17.5.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 65 of 14.5.1982, p 2090.
	No 148	Liquor (Repeals and Savings) Act 1982. Assented to 21.12.1982. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1983, sec 2 (3) and GG No 74 of 20.5.1983, p 2181.
1983	No 28	Trustee (Powers of Attorney) Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 22.4.1983. Date of commencement, 22.4.1983, sec 2.
	No 204	Trustee (Investment) Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983.
1984	No 43	Perpetuities Act 1984. Assented to 13.6.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 31.10.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 147 of 19.10.1984, p 5077.
	No 169	Trustee (Amendment) Act 1984. Assented to 14.12.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 98 of 28.6.1985, p 3000.
1985	No 89	Trustee (Trustees’ Agents) Amendment Act 1985. Assented to 4.6.1985.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. 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.
	No 139	Trustee (Amendment) Act 1987. Assented to 16.6.1987. Date of commencement, 1.8.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 126 of 31.7.1987, p 4254.
	No 209	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1987. Assented to 9.12.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 37, assent, sec 2 (1).
1988	No 131	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of Sch 25, 16.6.1989, sec 2 (2) and GG No 73 of 16.6.1989, p 3499.
1989	No 226	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3) 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. 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.
1992	No 29	Mining Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement, 21.8.1992, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 20.8.1992, p 5905.
	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. 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.
	No 46	Financial Institutions (New South Wales) Act 1992. Assented to 30.6.1992. Date of commencement, 30.6.1992, sec 2 and GG No 80 of 30.6.1992, p 4481.
1993	No 18	Trustee (Amendment) Act 1993. Assented to 18.5.1993. Date of commencement, 1.8.1993, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 23.7.1993, p 4045.
	No 46	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Trustee Act 1925, assent, Sch 1.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 1.137, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
	No 62	Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995. Assented to 12.12.1995. Date of commencement, 1.1.1996, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 22.12.1995, p 8682.
	No 99	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
1996	No 24	Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3984.
	No 100	Trustee Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 26.11.1996. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 139	Strata Schemes Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996. Assented to 16.12.1996. Date of commencement, 1.7.1997, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 27.6.1997, p 4770.
1997	No 11	Friendly Societies (New South Wales) Act 1997. Assented to 21.5.1997. Date of commencement, 1.10.1997, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 26.9.1997, p 8179.
	No 102	Trustee Amendment (Discretionary Investments) Act 1997. Assented to 25.11.1997. Date of commencement, 13.3.1998, sec 2 and GG No 52 of 13.3.1998, p 1381.
1999	No 4	Property (Relationships) Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 7.6.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.24, 28.6.1999, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 25.6.1999, p 4082.
	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 42	Offshore Minerals Act 1999. Assented to 8.7.1999. Date of commencement, 31.3.2000, sec 2 and GG No 42 of 31.3.2000, p 2490.
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.168, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2001	No 34	Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.55, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
2003	No 4	Valuers Act 2003. Assented to 28.5.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, 31.3.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 37 of 29.3.2005, p 929.
	No 53	Powers of Attorney Act 2003. Assented to 23.10.2003. Date of commencement, 16.2.2004, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 13.2.2004, p 613.
2006	No 58	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3.19, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 80	Succession Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006. Date of commencement, 1.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 15.2.2008, p 707.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2009	No 49	NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.
	No 106	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 8.1.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 88	Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 1.11.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2011	No 27	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2).
	No 62	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 5, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).

This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 (formerly 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.

Table of amendments

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].
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].
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].
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 43	Am 1970 No 60, First Sch; 2011 No 27, Sch 3.15 [1] [2].
Sec 43A	Ins 2011 No 27, Sch 3.15 [3].
Sec 44	Am 1938 No 30, sec 5 (l) (ii); 1970 No 60, First Sch; 1979 No 189, Sch 1 (6).
Sec 45	Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch; 1999 No 4, Sch 2.24 [1]–[3]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.116 [1]–[4].
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].
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).
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 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].
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).