Bankruptcy Regulations 1996

PART 4 - PROCEEDINGS IN CONNEXION WITH BANKRUPTCY  

Division 2 - Petitions  

REGULATION 4.12  

4.12   DEBTOR'S PETITION - FILING OF TRUSTEE'S CONSENT  

Where:

(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 section 156A of the Act the 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 to the Official Receiver must have with it the original, or a clearly legible photocopy, of the instrument of consent.