BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1981 NO. 304 

BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1981 NO. 304 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Commencement  
2. Matters prescribed for the purposes of section 149 of the Act  
3. Fees and percentages payable to the Official Receiver and Official Trustee  
4. Schedule 1  
5. Schedule 6  


1981 No. 304 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Commencement


  1. These Rules shall come into operation on 1 November 1981.


1981 No. 304 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Matters prescribed for the purposes of section 149 of the Act


  2. Rule 51A of the Bankruptcy Rules is amended by omitting "sub-section 149
(10)" and substituting "sub-sections 149 (10) and (13)".


1981 No. 304 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
Fees and percentages payable to the Official Receiver and Official Trustee


  3. Rule 182 of the Bankruptcy Rules is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from paragraphs (2) (d) and (e) "$150" (wherever occurring)
and substituting "$1,000";
  (b)  by inserting in paragraphs (2) (f) and (g) "in respect of the estate or
the debtor" after "if the prescribed amount" (wherever occurring);
  (c)  by omitting from paragraph (2) (f) "$2,050" and substituting "$2,900";
and
  (d)  by omitting from paragraph (2) (g) "$3550" and substituting "$4,400".



1981 No. 304 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
Schedule 1


  4. Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Rules is amended by omitting from Forms 29
and 30 "$4,000" (wherever occurring) and substituting "$100,000".


1981 No. 304 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
Schedule 6


  5. Schedule 6 to the Bankruptcy Rules is amended-
  (a)  by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) in the second column of item 4 and
substituting the following paragraphs:

     "(a)  of a sitting of the Court or of the Registrar;
     (b)  of a meeting of creditors (other than a first meeting of creditors);
or
     (ba)  of a bankruptcy and forwarding a summary of the statement of
affairs,";
  (b)  by omitting from item 5 "140 (5)" and substituting "140 (8)"; and
  (c)  by omitting from items 6 and 7 "paragraph 140 (3) (a) of the Act"
(wherever occurring) and substituting "paragraph 19 (1) (e) or 140 (3) (a), or
sub-section 310 (1) or (4), of the Act or of rule 92".



- NOTES


1981 No. 304*1* BANKRUPTCY RULES*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1981.
*2* Statutory Rules 1968 No. 2 as amended to date. For previous amendments see
Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No. 40 and see also Statutory Rules 1981 No.
40.