Bankruptcy Act 1966

PART IV - PROCEEDINGS IN CONNEXION WITH BANKRUPTCY  

Division 3 - Debtors ' petitions  

SECTION 56B   PRESENTATION OF A DEBTOR ' S PETITION AGAINST A PARTNERSHIP  

56B(1)    
Any debtor ' s petition against a partnership must be presented to the Official Receiver.

56B(2)    
A petition must be in accordance with the approved form.

56B(3)    
A petition must be accompanied by:

(a)    a statement of affairs of each member of the partnership by whom the petition is presented; and

(b)    a statement of the partnership affairs; and

(c)    a copy of each of those statements.

56B(4)    
The Official Receiver may reject a petition if:

(a)    the petition does not comply substantially with the approved form; or

(b)    the petition is not accompanied by the statements of affairs of each petitioning partner and of the partnership; or

(c)    

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both:

(i) the Official Receiver has given notice under subsection 57B(3) that the Official Receiver has refused to accept a statement of affairs filed for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a) or (b) of this section; and

(ii) an updated statement of affairs has not been filed for the purposes of whichever of those paragraphs is applicable within the period specified in the notice.
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56B(5)    
Before accepting a debtor ' s petition against a partnership, the Official Receiver must give the information prescribed by the regulations to each member of the partnership who joined in presenting the petition.

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