Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (113 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Act 1966

14   At the end of section 267

Add:

Presumed maker of declaration in electronic statement

(3) If a declaration is contained in a statement that:

(a) was received by the Official Receiver electronically; and

(b) purported to be made by a particular person;

the declaration is presumed to have been made by the person, in the absence of evidence to the contrary.

(4) Subsection (3) applies whether the statement was filed, accompanied a declaration or petition or was given to the Official Receiver, as described in subsection (1).

(5) Subsection (3) does not affect by implication the operation of a law of the Commonwealth outside this section.