Bankruptcy Act 1966

PART XI - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS IN BANKRUPTCY  

SECTION 248A   CONSOLIDATION OF PROCEEDINGS  

248A(1)   [Court may consolidate on its own terms]  

Where orders have been made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for the administration under this Part of the estates of 2 or more members of a partnership or 2 or more persons jointly liable for a debt, the Court may consolidate the proceedings upon such terms as it thinks fit.

248A(2)   [Partnership members bankrupt]  

Where:

(a) a member of a partnership has become, whether before or after the commencement of this section, a bankrupt or 2 or more members of a partnership have become, whether before or after the commencement of this section, bankrupts; and

(b) an order has been made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for the administration under this Part of the estate of another member of the partnership or orders have been made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for the administration under this Part of the estates of 2 or more other members of the partnership;

the Court may consolidate the proceedings upon such terms as it thinks fit.

248A(3)   [Persons jointly liable for debt]  

Where:

(a) one of the persons jointly liable for a debt has become, whether before or after the commencement of this section, a bankrupt or 2 or more of the persons jointly liable for a debt have become, whether before or after the commencement of this section, bankrupts; and

(b) an order has been made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for the administration under this Part of the estate of another person jointly liable for the debt or orders have been made, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for the administration under this Part of the estates of 2 or more persons jointly liable for the debt;

the Court may consolidate the proceedings upon such terms as it thinks fit.

248A(4)   [Application of sec 110]  

Where the Court makes an order under subsection (1), (2) or (3), section 110 applies in the administration under this Act of all the estates (whether estates of bankrupts or of deceased debtors) to which that order relates.

248A(5)   [Specified date]  

Where the Court makes an order under subsection (1), (2) or (3) in relation to 2 or more estates, the Court may, in the order:

(a) declare a specified date to be, for the purpose of the application of the provisions of Division 3 of Part VI in the administration of the joint estate, the date on which all the petitions relevant to the administration of those estates shall be deemed to have been presented;

(b) declare a specified date to be, for that purpose, the date of the bankruptcy in respect of each of those estates being administered in bankruptcy and the date on which each order for administration under this Part was made in respect of those estates being administered under this Part; and

(c) declare a specified time to be, for that purpose, the time that is the commencement of the bankruptcy in respect of each of those estates being administered in bankruptcy and the time at which the administration under this Part of each of those estates being administered under this Part (other than an estate in respect of which the order for its administration under this Part was made before the commencement of this section) is, by virtue of section 247A , to be deemed to have commenced;

and, if the Court does so, those estates shall be administered accordingly.