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Article 27 Fee for additional work

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The public trustee is entitled to make a reasonable additional charge according to the work involved in—

(a)

dealing with a business;

(b)

dealing with assets situated outside the United Kingdom;

(c)

supplying information for the purpose of any proposed dealing with a beneficial interest or for registering a notice of charge;

(d)

dealing with freehold or leasehold property or a mortgage;

(e)

supplying copies of documents and additional copies of accounts;

(f)

an administration following the cessation of a life or other interest in property in circumstances in which no withdrawal fee is payable;

(g)

work incidental to any application to the court in connection with the administration of an estate or trust;

(h)

conducting a hearing in accordance with rule 37 of the Public Trustee Rules 1912f1; or

(i)

dealing with duties of an unusual, complex or exacting nature.

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Footnotes

f1

S.R. &O. 1912/348, as modified by the Solicitors’ Incorporated Practices Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2684).