BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 252 

BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 252 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Commencement  
2.  Amendment  
3.  Application  
4.  Rule 179 (Fees and percentages)  
5.  Schedule 4 (Fees to be taken in the office of the Registrar)  
6.  Transitional provision  


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
1. Commencement


  1.1 These Rules commence on 1 December 1996.


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
2. Amendment


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


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
3. Application


  3.1 The amendments of the Bankruptcy Rules made by rule 4 and 
subrules 5.2 and 5.3 apply to a petition presented or an application 
made on or after 1 September 1996.


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
4. Rule 179 (Fees and percentages)


  4.1 Subrules 179 (1AAA) and (1AA):
Omit the subrules.


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
5. Schedule 4 (Fees to be taken in the office of the Registrar)


  5.1 Omit the heading to Schedule 4, substitute:
                           "SCHEDULE  4                 Rule 179
Interpretation
  "1. In this Schedule:
  'corporation' has the same meaning as in the Corporations Law.
            "FEES TO BE TAKEN IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR".

  5.2 Item 1:
Omit the item, substitute:
"1  For the presentation of a petition under section 43 
    or 244 of the Act:
      (a) by a corporation                             1,200.00
      (b) by another person                              500.00"

  5.3 Item 9:
Omit the item, substitute:
"9  For an application by a person (other than a corporation) 
    to the Court for which no other fee is prescribed, except 
    an application:
     (a) by an officer of the Court for the committal of a person for 
         contempt of the Court; or
     (b) by a person committed for contempt of court to be released 
         from custody; or
     (c) for substituted service of a document            500.00
"10  For an application by a corporation to the Court for which no 
     other fee is prescribed, except an application for substituted 
     service of a document                              1,200.00"
[Note: Note 1 to Schedule 4 should be omitted.]


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- REG 6
6. Transitional provision


  6.1 This rule applies to a person who paid a fee mentioned in item 1 
or 9 in Schedule 4 to the Old Rules before 1 December 1996.

  6.2 The person may apply, in writing, to a Registrar of the Court 
for payment of the difference between the fee paid and the fee payable 
under item 1, 9 or 10 (as the case requires) immediately after the 
commencement of these Rules.

  6.3 As soon as practicable after receiving an application, the 
Registrar must make the payment.

  6.4 In this rule:
"Old Rules" means the Bankruptcy Rules as in force immediately before 
1 December 1996.


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- NOTE 1


NOTES
*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 November 
1996.


1996 No. 252 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT)
- NOTE 2


*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; 1993 No. 90; 
1994 Nos. 214 and 307; 1995 Nos. 251 and 422; 1996 No. 191.



- NOTES


1996 No. 252*1* BANKRUPTCY RULES*2* (AMENDMENT)

- Dated 19 November 1996.