View source for Mechanisms to facilitate administration and to minimise the need to obtain a grant: Administration of small estates without a grant or the filing of an election to administer

'''Queensland:'''
In certain circumstances, the public trustee may administer the estate of a deceased person as if a grant of probate or administration had been made in favour of the public trustee.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pta1978179/s35.html


'''New South Wales:'''
In certain circumstances, the public trustee may administer the estate of a deceased person as if a grant of probate or administration had been made in favour of the public trustee. This legislation has been repealed.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/repealed_act/pta1913179/s34a.html


'''Northern Territory:'''
Enables a small estate to be administered, as if under a grant, by the public trustee, a trustee company or a legal practitioner.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nt/consol_act/aapa259/s110a.html


'''Tasmania:'''
In certain circumstances, the public trustee may administer the estate of a deceased person as if a grant of probate or administration had been made in favour of the public trustee.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/tas/consol_act/pta1930179/s20a.html


'''Victoria:'''
In certain circumstances, the public trustee may administer the estate of a deceased person as if a grant of probate or administration had been made in favour of the public trustee.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/aapa1958259/s79.html


'''ACT:'''
In certain circumstances, the public trustee may administer the estate of a deceased person as if a grant of probate or administration had been made in favour of the public trustee.
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/aapa1929259/s87b.html