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 155

155 PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION
(Repealed by No 11 of 2016)

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S 155 repealed by No 11 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 47, effective 1 March 2017. S 155 formerly read:

SECTION 155 PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION
155(1) [Committee to consider]
After receiving a properly made application, the Inspector-General must convene a committee to consider the application.
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S 155(1) substituted by No 44 of 1996, Sch 1, Pt 1(283); amended by No 11 of 1997, s 3 and Sch 1(5).

155(2) [Composition of committee]
The committee must consist of:

(a) the Inspector-General; and

(b) an APS employee; and

(c) a registered trustee chosen by the Insolvency Practitioners ' Association of Australia (A.C.N. 002 472 362).
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S 155(2) amended by No 131 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 130, by substituting " APS employee " for " officer of the Department " in para (b), effective 5 May 2003.

S 155(2) substituted by No 44 of 1996, Sch 1, Pt 1(283).

155(3) [Role of committee]
The committee must consider the application and interview the applicant.
Note:

The regulations may provide for the way in which the committee must do its work: see section 315 .

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S 155(3) substituted by No 44 of 1996, Sch 1, Pt 1(283).

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