The provisions of this Part relating to trustees, other than sections 10, 11 and 14, apply to personal representatives, but with appropriate modifications and without prejudice to the functions of personal representatives for the purposes of administration.
The appropriate modifications include—
the substitution of references to persons interested in the due administration of the estate for references to beneficiaries, and
the substitution of references to the will for references to the disposition creating the trust.
Section 3(1) does not apply to personal representatives if the death occurs before the commencement of this Act.