Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1980 No. 386 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENTS) - REG 16

16. Rule 27 of the Bankruptcy Rules is amended-
(a) by omitting from sub-rule (1) "official receiver" and substituting

"Official Receiver";
(b) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-rule (2) "official receiver" and
substituting "Official Receiver"; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-rules:

"(3) The Official Receiver shall, within 28 days of the date on which a person
becomes bankrupt, or within such further period as the Registrar, on
application made by the Official Receiver, allows-

   (a)  cause notice of the fact of the bankruptcy to be served on each
        creditor of the bankrupt, being a creditor whose address is known to
        the Official Receiver; and

   (b)  where the bankrupt has lodged his statement of affairs-forward to each
        of those creditors a summary of the statement of affairs.



"(4) For the purposes of sub-section 246 (2) of the Act, where an order is
made under section 244 or 245 of the Act for the administration of the estate
of a deceased person, the Official Receiver shall notify the legal personal
representative of the deceased person of the making of the order by posting a
sealed copy of the order by certified mail, postage being prepaid, to the
legal personal representative at the last-known address of the legal personal
representative.".