Bankruptcy Regulations 2021

PART 4 - PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH BANKRUPTCY  

Division 2 - Petitions  

SECTION 21  

21   DEBTOR ' S PETITION - FILING OF TRUSTEE ' S CONSENT  
If:

(a)    a debtor presents, or 2 or more debtors present, a petition to the Official Receiver under section 55 , 56B or 57 of the Act; and

(b)    there is in force under subsection 156A(1) of the Act an instrument of consent of a registered trustee to act as the trustee of:

(i) the estate of the debtor; or

(ii) in the case of 2 or more debtors - the separate estates, the joint estates, or the joint and separate estates, of the debtors or any of them;

the petition must include the original, or a clearly legible copy, of the instrument of consent.