Change of trustee - duty payable?

I read in the below post on another forum that in NSW when you change trustees of a trust, you need to get the deed of change of trustee stamped, is this true? Has this always been law, even if the trust held nothing in it? The cost apparently was $12, but the post seems to be from 2005: Corporate vs individual trustees for a discretionary trust

 

See s54 Duties Act
DUTIES ACT 1997 - SECT 54 Change in trustees

 

You want to do this because....

 

So the $50 is only applicable if dutiable trust property involved when appointing a new trustee. If the trust has none then there is no fee and the trust/appointor doesn't have to notify anyone.

 

Duty is only paid on the transfer of dutiable property