Bankruptcy Act 1966

PART VIII - TRUSTEES

[ CCH Note: Modification Declaration FRLI No F2021L00261 (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 5 - Vacation of office

SECTION 184 RELEASE OF REGISTERED TRUSTEE BY OPERATION OF LAW AFTER 7 YEARS

184(1) [Release after 7 years]

If the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt:

(a) is a registered trustee; and

(b) has not already been released from being trustee of the estate under section 183 ;

the trustee is released at the end of 7 years from the date on which the Official Receiver entered in the National Personal Insolvency Index the fact that the administration of the estate was finalised.

View history note

184(2)
(Omitted by No 12 of 1980, s 97.)

184(3) [Effect of release]

The release of a trustee from the trusteeship of an estate by force of this section has the same effect as an order of release under section 183 .

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