S 63A repealed by No 11 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 24, applicable in relation to the administration of regulated debtors
'
estates on and after 1 September 2017. S 63A formerly read:
SECTION 63A DEFINITIONS
63A(1)
In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
bankrupt
, in relation to a meeting of the creditors of 2 or more bankrupts, means each bankrupt.
creditors and their representatives
, in relation to a meeting, means:
(a)
the creditors who are entitled to vote at the meeting and are participating in person or by telephone in the meeting; and
(b)
the persons participating in person or by telephone in the meeting as proxies or attorneys of any other creditors who are entitled to vote at the meeting.
joint bankruptcy
means:
(a)
a bankruptcy that occurs as the result of a sequestration order made under section 52, being an order made on a petition presented under section
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; or
(b)
a bankruptcy that occurs by force of section 56E or 57; or
(c)
bankruptcies in respect of which an order under section 53 has been made; or
(d)
bankruptcies that occur under section 55 where:
(i)
the date of each bankruptcy is the same; and
(ii)
immediately before the bankruptcies occurred, the bankrupts were joint debtors or partners who owned property jointly.
meeting
means a meeting of the creditors of a bankrupt or a meeting of the creditors of any one or more of the bankrupts who were made bankrupt in a joint bankruptcy.
minutes secretary
, in relation to a meeting, means a person appointed under section 64L to record the minutes of the meeting.
President
, in relation to a meeting, means the person elected under section 64P to preside at the meeting.
working day
, in relation to a proposed meeting, means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday in the place where the meeting is proposed to be held.
History
S 63A(1) inserted by No 9 of 1992, s 9; amended by No 44 of 1996, Sch 1, Pt 1(160).
63A(2)
A reference in this Division to a person participating in person in a meeting is a reference to a person being physically present at the meeting.
History
S 63A(2) inserted by No 9 of 1992, s 9.
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