AN ACT TO REPEAL THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT (CAP. 64) AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANISATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE, AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
[FPT 2] Interpretation2
- Board of Directors
means the Board of Directors of the Corporation;
[def am Act 6 of 2019 s 69 and Sch 2, effective 19 July 2019]
- Chief Executive Officer
means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation;
[def am Act 6 of 2019 s 69 and Sch 2, effective 19 July 2019]
- Corporation
means the Fiji Public Trustee Corporation Pte Limited;
[def am Act 6 of 2019 s 69 and Sch 2, effective 19 July 2019]
- Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission
means the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission established under Part 2 of the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act 2010;
[def subst Act 31 of 2016 s 81, effective 1 December 2016; am Act 41 of 2017 s 25, effective 1 August 2017]
- Minister
means the Minister responsible for justice;
- minor
means any person who has not attained the age of 18 years;
[def am Decree No 29 of 2012 s 2, effective 11 April 2012]
- Office of the Public Trustee
means the body corporate known as the Public Trustee and recognised under section 4(2) of the repealed Act;
- person of unsound mind
means any person who is—
- (a)determined to be of unsound mind in accordance with any law related to the treatment of people who are suffering from mental illness or incapacity;
- (b)found by a court to be not guilty of any offence by reason of insanity; and
- (c)found by a court to be of unsound mind and incapable of defending a charge of a criminal offence;
- Reorganisation Charter
means the Reorganisation Charter for the Office of the Public Trustee approved, and amended from time to time, under the Public Enterprise Act 1996;
- repealed Act
means the Public Trustee Act (Cap. 64); and
- the court
means the High Court of Fiji.
The Laws of Fiji