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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trustee-and-administration-of-funds-act-1986/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trustee-and-administration-of-funds-act-1986/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/57",
  "legislation_title": "Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-trustee-and-administration-of-funds-act-1986",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Public Trustee and Accountant General: appointment, tenure of office etc.",
  "text": "(1) The office of Public Trustee and the office of Accountant General of the Senior Courtsmay be held by one person.\n(2) The office of Accountant General of the Senior Courts may, but need not, be held by the Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor.\n(3) The enactments specified in the Schedule to this Act shall have effect with the amendments specified in that Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 4; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/57/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:00.090980+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}