Bankruptcy Regulations 2021

PART 6 - ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY  

Division 3 - Property available for payment of debts  

SECTION 29  

29   TOOLS THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT OF DEBTS  
For the purposes of subparagraph 116(2)(c)(i) of the Act, the maximum total value of a bankrupt ' s property that is for use by the bankrupt in earning income by personal exertion is:

(a)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in a financial year specified in column 1 of an item of the following table - the amount specified in column 2 of that item; or

(b)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2020 - $3,800; or

(c)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2021 or a later financial year - $3,800:


(i) indexed in accordance with section 114 of this instrument; and

(ii) rounded down to the nearest multiple of $50.
Note:

Indexed amounts could in 2021 be viewed on the Australian Financial Security Authority ' s website (http://www.afsa.gov.au).


Maximum total value of tools
Item Column 1 Column 2
Financial year Amount
1 2019-20 $3,800
2 2018-19 $3,800
3 2017-18 $3,750
4 2016-17 $3,700
5 2015-16 $3,650
6 2014-15 $3,600
7 2013-14 $3,550
8 2012-13 $3,500
9 2011-12 $3,450
10 2010-11 $3,400
11 2009-10 $3,300
12 2008-09 $3,250
13 2007-08 $3,200
14 2006-07 $3,100
15 2005-06 $3,050
16 2004-05 $3,000
17 2003-04 $2,950
18 2002-03 $2,900
19 2001-02 $2,850
20 2000-01 $2,800
21 1999-2000 $2,650
22 1998-99 $2,600
23 1997-98 $2,600
24 1996-97 $2,600




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