8 Officers and offices.E+W
[F1(1)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such person as he thinks fit to the office of Public Trustee and the person so appointed shall hold and vacate office in accordance with the terms of his appointment.
(1A)The Public Trustee shall be paid such salary or fees as the Lord Chancellor determines with the consent of the Treasury.
(1B)If one person holds office both as the Public Trustee and as the Accountant General of the [F2Senior Courts] then, if he ceases to be the Accountant General, he shall also cease to be the Public Trustee unless the Lord Chancellor otherwise directs.
(1C)If a vacancy occurs in the office of Public Trustee or the person appointed to hold office is for any reason unable to act for any period such person as the Lord Chancellor appoints as deputy in that office shall, during the vacancy or that period, perform the functions of that office (and any property vested in the Public Trustee may accordingly be dealt with by the deputy in all respects as if it were vested in him instead).]
(2)The Lord Chancellor shall appoint such persons to be officers of the public trustee as, subject to the sanction of the Treasury, he may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act, and those officers shall hold office upon such terms, and be remunerated at such rates and in such manner, as the Treasury may sanction.
(3)Any person appointed to be public trustee or an officer of the public trustee may, and shall, if the Treasury so require, be a person already in the public service.
(4)The public trustee shall, if so directed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury, maintain offices in London and elsewhere, and, so far as practicable, buildings already used for public purposes shall be used for such offices.
(5)The salary or remuneration of the public trustee and his officers and such other expenses of executing his office or otherwise carrying this Act into effect as may be sanctioned by the Treasury shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 8(1)(1A)(1B)(1C) substituted by Public Trustee and Administration of Funds Act 1986 (c. 57, SIF 57), s. 1(3), Sch. para. 1
F2Words 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)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 8(5) amended by Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), s. 2(1)(a) (and the said s. 2(1)(a) was repealed (13.6.1991) by Administration of Justice Act 1982 c. 53, s. 75(1), Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1991/1245, art. 2(a)(i))
C2S. 8(5) extended (1.7.1995) by 1994 c. 36, s. 19(5)(a); S.I. 1995/1317 art. 2