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2002-2003-2004
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Bankruptcy
(Estate Charges) Amendment Bill 2004
No.
,
2004
(Attorney-General)
A
Bill for an Act to amend the Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Act 1997, and
for related purposes
Contents
Part 1—Amendments 3
Part 2—Transitional
provisions 4
A Bill for an Act to amend the Bankruptcy (Estate
Charges) Act 1997, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Amendment Act
2004.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
At the same time as Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Legislation
Amendment Act 2004 commences. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Paragraphs 5(2)(b), (c) and
(d)
Repeal the paragraphs, substitute:
(b) subsection 231(5) (which applies section 169 to a personal
insolvency agreement);
2 Paragraph 6(1)(c)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) is the trustee of a personal insolvency agreement executed in relation
to a debtor under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966; or
3 Subsection 6(1A)
Omit “deed”, substitute “personal insolvency
agreement”.
Part 2—Transitional
provisions
4 Transitional
(1) In this item:
post-commencement composition means a composition that was
accepted after the commencement of this item by a special resolution of a
meeting of creditors under section 204 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as
that section continues to apply because of item 213 of Schedule 1 to
the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2004.
post-commencement deed means a deed of assignment or a deed
of arrangement that was executed after the commencement of this item by a debtor
and a trustee under Part X of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 as that Part
continues to apply because of item 213 of Schedule 1 to the
Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act 2004.
pre-commencement composition has the same meaning as in
item 212 of Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act
2004.
pre-commencement deed has the same meaning as in
item 212 of Schedule 1 to the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Act
2004.
(2) Despite the amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule,
section 5 of the Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Act 1997 continues to
apply, in relation to an amount to which a person is entitled because the person
is:
(a) the trustee of a pre-commencement deed; or
(b) the trustee of a pre-commencement composition; or
(c) the trustee of a post-commencement deed; or
(d) the trustee of a post-commencement composition;
as if that amendment had not been made.
(3) Despite the amendments made by items 2 and 3 of this Schedule,
Part 3 of the Bankruptcy (Estate Charges) Act 1997 continues to
apply, in relation to an amount received by a person because the person
is:
(a) the trustee of a pre-commencement deed; or
(b) the trustee of a pre-commencement composition; or
(c) the trustee of a post-commencement deed; or
(d) the trustee of a post-commencement composition;
as if those amendments had not been made.