These Rules implement provisions of the Public Trustee Act with respect to, among other things: trusts that the Public Trustee may accept; other duties and functions of the Public Trustee; appointment of the Public Trustee by a testator; application for administration of small estates; acceptance or refusal of administration of small estates; registers to be kept by the Public Trustee; obtaining an opinion of the Supreme Court in matters of administration; and investigations.

This Act establishes periods of limitation and other limitations for bringing actions of the various classes mentioned in the Act. Section 42 extends the applicability of the Act also to arbitration. Actions include various actions in respect of land: actions to recover land by the Crown or any person and rent; action to recover money secured by a mortgage or charge or to recover proceeds of the sale of land; and actions in respect of trust property or the personal estate of deceased persons and actions for an account.

These Rules, made under section 11 of the Commonage Act, concern commoners in the Tarpum Bay district. The Rules: allow a commoner to take up abandoned land of another commoner for cultivation; set limits for the proximity of cultivation on land bordering land of another commoner; provide rules for the setting fire to fields and provide for arbitration in case of damage; place restrictions on the sale of land by commoners; require a commoner not to fell more land than he or she is able to cultivate within a year; and secure free access to water resources by commoners.