Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014:section:252a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 252A (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 1783774–1786169

by him or her, grant to the trustee of a trust estate an exemption from the provisions of subsection (1) in relation to the trust estate.
 (4) An exemption under subsection (3) may be granted unconditionally or on such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit and may be granted without limitation as to time or may be granted in respect of a period specified in the exemption.
 (5) An appointment of a public officer of a trust estate for the purposes of this section shall be made by giving notice in writing to the Commissioner:
 (a) that is signed by a trustee of the trust estate or by a duly authorized agent or attorney of a trustee of a trust estate; and
 (b) that specifies the name of the public officer and an address in Australia for service upon the public officer of any documents that are required or permitted by or under this Act or the regulations to be served upon the public officer of the trust estate.
 (6) The appointment of a public officer of a trust estate ceases to be in force if the public officer dies or lodges with the Commissioner a notice of the officer's resignation as public officer of the trust estate.
 (7) Where, by or under this Act or the regulations:
 (a) a document is permitted to be served upon or given to the trustee of a trust estate; or
 (b) a requisition is permitted or required to be made upon the trustee of a trust estate;
that document shall be deemed to have been served upon or given to the trustee if it is served upon the public officer of the trust estate or at the address for service of the public officer of the trust estate, or that requisition shall be deemed to have been made upon the trustee if it is made upon the public officer of the trust estate, as the case may be.
 (8) A reference in subsection (7) to the service of a document upon the public officer of a trust estate, or the making of a requisition upon the public officer of a trust estate, shall, if there is not in force an appointment under this section of a public officer in relation to the trust estate, be read as a reference to any person acting or appearing to act in the business of the trust estate.
 (9) The public officer of a trust estate shall be answerable for the doing of all such things as are required to be done by the trustee of the trust estate under this Act or the regulations, and in case of default shall be liable to the same penalties.