BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 90 

BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1993 NO. 90 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Commencement  
2.  Amendment  
3.  Rule 162 (Scale of costs)  
4.  Rule 182 (Fees and percentages payable to the Official Trustee)  
5.  Schedule 6 (Official Trustee's fees)  


1993 No. 90 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 1
1. Commencement


  1.1 These Regulations commence on 1 June 1993.


1993 No. 90 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 2
2. Amendment


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


1993 No. 90 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 3
3. Rule 162 (Scale of costs)


  3.1 After subrule 162 (2A), insert:
  "(2B) The costs:
  (a) specified in this rule and Schedule 3; and
  (b) incurred on or after the commencement of this subrule;
are increased by 2.92%.".


1993 No. 90 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 4
4. Rule 182 (Fees and percentages payable to the Official Trustee)


  4.1 Paragraphs 182 (2) (e), (f) and (g):
Omit the paragraphs, substitute:
  "(e) if the prescribed amount in respect of the estate or the debtor exceeds
$1,000 but does not exceed $50,000-a fee equal to the sum of $1,000 and an
amount equal to 15% of the amount by which the prescribed amount exceeds
$1,000; or
  (f) if the prescribed amount in respect of the estate or the debtor exceeds
$50,000-a fee equal to the sum of $8,350 and an amount equal to 10% of the
amount by which the prescribed amount exceeds $50,000.".


1993 No. 90 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 5
5. Schedule 6 (Official Trustee's fees)


  5.1 Heading:
Omit "Subrule 182 (1A)", substitute "Subrule 182 (1)".
  5.2 Item 1, column 3:
Omit "7.00", substitute "50.00".
  5.3 Item 4, paragraph (c), column 3:
Omit "10.00", substitute "50.00".
  5.4 Item 4, paragraph (d), column 3:
Omit "1.00", substitute "2.00".


- NOTES


1993 No. 90*1* BANKRUPTCY RULES*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 May 1993.
*2* Statutory Rules 1968 No. 2 as amended by 1975 No. 52; 1976 Nos. 105, 143
and 235; 1977 Nos. 32 and 136; 1978 No. 19; 1979 Nos. 157 and 243; 1980 Nos.
385 and 386; 1981 Nos. 40, 304 and 305; 1982 No. 247; 1984 Nos. 23 and 155;
1986 Nos. 84, 95, 96 and 323; 1987 Nos. 21, 51, 54 and 223; 1988 Nos. 19, 261,
342 and 343; 1989 Nos. 176, 182, 183, 245 and 376; 1991 No. 117; 1992 Nos.
194, 261 and 400.