Public Trustee and Guardian ACT

The Public Trustee and Guardian (PTG) exist to provide permanent and secure Trustee, Guardianship and Administration services to the ACT community.

Our services include:

• will-making (where the Public Trustee and Guardian is appointed executor);

• administering deceased estates under will or in intestacy;

• acting as attorney under Enduring Power of Attorney;

• trustee for trusts created in Wills, Deeds and Court Orders for families, infants and people with disabilities;

• acting as agent for the Territory to receive, manage and dispose of assets forfeited under the Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003;

• administer moneys declared unclaimed under the Unclaimed Money Act 1950, Legal Practi-tioners Act 2006 and Agents Act 2003, including receiving moneys, processing claims and investing funds;

• investing moneys held in specified government trust funds;

• acting for people with disabilities where ordered by a Court;

• acting as Manager and Guardian of Last Resort under appointment by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal;

• providing an annual examination of the accounts maintained by external managers on be-half of people with impaired decision-making ability; and

• act as administrator for the ACT Official Visitor Scheme and Chair the Official Visitors Board.

• administer the ACT’s Unclaimed Bodies Scheme