http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2001/14/section/21/enactedTrustee Act (Northern Ireland) 2001NegligenceWaste managementGovernment Printer for Northern Ireland2021-07-30 PART IV 21 1 Sections 22 and 23 apply in a case where trustees have, under section 11, 16, 17 or 18— a authorised a person to exercise functions as their agent, or b appointed a person to act as a nominee or custodian. 2 Subject to subsection (3), sections 22 and 23 also apply in a case where trustees have, under any power conferred on them by the trust instrument or by any statutory provision— a authorised a person to exercise functions as their agent, or b appointed a person to act as a nominee or custodian. 3 If the application of section 22 or 23 is inconsistent with the terms of the trust instrument or the statutory provision, the section in question does not apply.