Bankruptcy Act 1966
[ CCH Note: Modification Declaration FRLI No F2021L00261 ( Bankruptcy Regulations 2021 : FRLI No F2021L00261, registered on 19 March 2021 and effective from 1 April 2021.)
Part VIII of the Act is modified by inserting Division 1A before Division 1:
]Division 1A - Interpretation
SECTION 154A INTERPRETATION
154A
In this Part, in its application to Part X , a reference to a registered trustee includes a reference to a controlling trustee and a trustee of a personal insolvency agreement.
If the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt:
(a) is a registered trustee; and
(b) has not already been released from being trustee of the estate under section 183 ;
the trustee is released at the end of 7 years from the date on which the Official Receiver entered in the National Personal Insolvency Index the fact that the administration of the estate was finalised.
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184(3) [Effect of release]
The release of a trustee from the trusteeship of an estate by force of this section has the same effect as an order of release under section 183 .
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