Bankruptcy Act 1966
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View history notePt IX - Debt agreements inserted by No 44 of 1996, Sch 1, Pt 1(320).
Pt IX - Small Bankruptcies repealed by No 12 of 1980, s 99.
Div 7 heading amended by No 44 of 2007, s 3 and Sch 1 item 18, by substituting " General provisions relating to debt agreements " for " Miscellaneous " , effective 11 April 2007.
If the administrator in relation to a debt agreement dies, the person (the affected person ) administering the estate of the deceased person must, before the end of the period of 28 days beginning on the day the affected person started to administer the estate, give written notice of that death to the Official Receiver.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note:
See also section 277B (about infringement notices).
S 185ZA(1) amended by No 106 of 2010, Sch 2 item 34, effective 1 December 2010, by inserting " the affected person " after " the person " .
S 185ZA(1) amended by No 106 of 2010, Sch 2 item 35, effective 1 December 2010, by substituting " before the end of the period of 28 days beginning on the day the affected person started to administer the estate, give written notice of that death " for " as soon as practicable, give written notice of that fact " .
No 106 of 2010, Sch 2
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84(8)
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contains the following application provision:
84 Application
(8)
The amendments made by items 31 and 35 apply in relation to deaths occurring on or after the commencement of those items.
S 185ZA(1) amended by No 106 of 2010, Sch 2 item 36, effective 1 December 2010, by substituting " 5 penalty units " for " 1 penalty unit " and inserting the note.
S 185ZA(1) amended by No 106 of 2010, Sch 3 item 15, by omitting " for the District in which the debt agreement administrator was ordinarily resident " , commenced 15 July 2010.
No 106 of 2010, Sch 3
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17(1)
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contains the following transitional provision:
17 Transitional
(1)
A person who is an Official Receiver for a District immediately before the commencement of this item is taken to have been appointed, at the commencement of this item, under section 16 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as an Official Receiver.
Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
S 185ZA inserted by No 131 of 2002, s 3 and Sch 1 item 168, effective 5 May 2003.
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