Bankruptcy Regulations 2021
This section applies if a debtor intends to give the Official Receiver a debt agreement proposal under subsection 185C(1) of the Act and the debtor is: (a) unable to read the relevant material, because the debtor:
(i) is blind or has low vision; or
(ii) is illiterate or partially literate; or
(b) unable to sign the debt agreement proposal because of a physical incapacity.
(iii) is insufficiently familiar with the English language; or
55(2)
The debt agreement proposal may be signed on behalf of the debtor by another person, who must also sign a statement: (a) if subparagraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) applies - that the person has read the relevant material to the debtor; or (b) if subparagraph (1)(a)(iii) applies - that the person has interpreted the relevant material to the debtor in a language with which the person and the debtor are familiar; or (c) if paragraph (1)(b) applies - that the person believes that the debtor has read and understood the relevant material.
55(3)
In this section:
relevant material
means the debt agreement proposal and the information prescribed by section
54
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