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Vacancy in position of trustee—Official Trustee to act

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160 Vacancy in position of trustee—Official Trustee to act

If at any time there is no controlling trustee in relation to a debtor, or no trustee of a personal insolvency agreement under Part X, the Official Trustee is to act as the trustee.

23 After subsection 161(1)

Insert:

(1A)

This section does not apply in relation to a trustee of a personal insolvency agreement.

24 Section 180

Omit “trustee of an estate”, substitute “trustee, other than controlling trustee, under Part X”.

25 Subsection 181A(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1)

The current controlling trustee or the current trustee of a personal insolvency agreement may, with the written consent of another trustee (either a registered trustee or the Official Trustee), nominate the other trustee as the new trustee.

26 Subsection 181A(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(4)

If no creditor lodges a written notice of objection with the current trustee at least 2 days before the specified date, the new trustee replaces the current trustee on the date specified in the notice.

Part 3—Modifications of Division 1 of Part V of the Act—debtors whose property is subject to control under Division 2 of Part X of the Act

Note:

See section 64.

Bankruptcy Act 1966

27 Section 77F

Repeal the section, substitute:

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