Bankruptcy Act 1966

PART VIII - TRUSTEES

[ CCH Note: Modification Declaration FRLI No F2021L00261 ( Bankruptcy Regulations 2021 : FRLI No F2021L00261, registered on 19 March 2021 and effective from 1 April 2021.)

Part VIII of the Act is modified by inserting Division 1A before Division 1:

Division 1A - Interpretation

SECTION 154A INTERPRETATION
154A
In this Part, in its application to Part X , a reference to a registered trustee includes a reference to a controlling trustee and a trustee of a personal insolvency agreement.

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Division 1 - Appointment and official name

SECTION 159 VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE

159(1)
The creditors may, at a meeting of the creditors, fill any vacancy in the office of trustee.

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159(2)
An Official Receiver shall, on the requisition of a creditor, summon a meeting of creditors for the purpose of filling such a vacancy.

159(3)
For the purposes of this section, an office of trustee shall be deemed to be vacant notwithstanding that it is for the time being filled by the Official Trustee by reason of the operation of section 160 .

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159(4)
The provisions of sections 157 and 158 apply, so far as they are capable of application, to and in relation to the appointment of a new trustee under this section.

[ CCH Note: Modification Declaration FRLI No F2021L00261 ( Bankruptcy Regulations 2021 : FRLI No F2021L00261, registered on 19 March 2021 and effective from 1 April 2021.)

Section 159 of the Act is modified by repealing the section.]

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