Bankruptcy Amendment (Discharge from Bankruptcy) Act 2023 (94 of 2023)

Schedule 1   Discharge from bankruptcy

Part 2   Application, transitional and validation provisions

Division 4   Other provisions

32   Court orders affecting the discharge reference date

(1) This item applies in relation to a person:

(a) whose statement of affairs was accepted by the Official Receiver for filing before commencement; and

(b) who had not been discharged from bankruptcy by force of subsection 149(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 before commencement.

(2) Section 33A of the Bankruptcy Act 1966, as in force immediately before commencement, applies in relation to the bankrupt on and after commencement as if subsection (2) of that section, in addition to making an order of a kind mentioned in that subsection, also empowered the Court to determine that the person's discharge reference date is to be treated as having been a date that is earlier than the date that would otherwise apply.