Bankruptcy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 325 1

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Bankruptcy Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Bankruptcy Act 1966.

Dated 26 November 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

AMANDA VANSTONE

Minister for Justice

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 December 1997.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Bankruptcy Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   New Division 6A

3.1   After regulation 6.12, insert:

“Division 6A—Restart scheme payments

Definition of “income”—restart scheme payments

 “6.12A.For subparagraph 139L (b) (v) of the Act, payments of restart income support, being payments of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘restart scheme payments’ in subsection 3 (2) of the Farm Household Support Act 1992, are not income of a bankrupt.”.

4.   Regulation 16.09 (Fees in respect of the Index)

4.1   Paragraph 16.09 (1) (b):

Omit “per page”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 November 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1996 No. 263 as amended by 1996 No. 278; 1997 No. 76.