Bankruptcy Regulations 1996

SCHEDULE 6 - MODIFICATIONS IN RELATION TO PART X OF THE ACT  

(regulations 10.01 , 10.05 , 10.07 , 10.08 and 10.13 )

PART 1 - MODIFICATIONS OF PART X OF THE ACT - JOINT DEBTORS  

2   Section 187A  

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	(2)	In the application of this Part (other than subsection 187(1A)) to joint debtors, whether partners or not, an expression specified in one of the following rules of interpretation applies to the extent that the context reasonably permits:
			(a)	' a debtor ' is to be read as ' joint debtors ' ;
			(b)	' the debtor ' is to be read as ' the joint debtors ' ;
			(c)	' the debtor ' s ' is to be read as ' the joint debtors ' ;
			(d)	if used in relation to a debtor:
				(i)	' he or she ' is to be read as ' they ' ; and
				(ii)	' his or her ' is to be read as ' their ' ; and
				(iii)	' him or her ' is to be read as ' them ' ; and
				(iv)	a noun or verb in the singular form is to be read as being in the plural form.
	(3)	Subsection (2) applies, subject to any specific modifications of this Part by the Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 .
	(4)	To the extent that the context reasonably permits, a reference (by operation of subsection (2)) to joint debtors includes a reference to any of the joint debtors.
	(5)	A reference to the affairs, or examinable affairs, of a debtor includes a reference to the separate affairs, or separate examinable affairs, of a joint debtor.