Bankruptcy Act 1966

Any debtor’s petition against a partnership must be presented to the Official Receiver.

A petition must be in accordance with the approved form.

A petition must be accompanied by:

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

a statement of the partnership affairs; and

a copy of each of those statements.

The Official Receiver may reject a petition if:

the petition does not comply substantially with the approved form; or

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

both:

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

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.

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.