(a) In exercising the decanting power, an authorized fiduciary shall act in accordance with its fiduciary duties, including the duty to act in accordance with the purposes of the first trust.

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(b) The Uniform Trust Decanting Act does not create or imply a duty to exercise the decanting power or to inform beneficiaries about the applicability of the act.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in a first-trust instrument, for purposes of the act and section 30-3866 and subsection (a) of section 38-3867, the terms of the first trust are deemed to include the decanting power.