Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1991 No. 117 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 13

  13.1   Omit the rule, substitute:
Application for discharge

"52. (1) An application by a bankrupt under section 150 of the Act must have
attached to it a list, certified by the trustee, setting out the names and
addresses of the creditors of the bankrupt.

"(2) If an application is filed under section 150 of the Act, the Registrar
must:

   (a)  not less than 28 days before the hearing date of the application, fix
        a date, time and place at which the bankrupt may appear before the
        Court for the hearing; and

   (b)  sign and stamp the application, endorse it with the date, time and
        place and return it to the bankrupt.

"(3) When a bankrupt receives a signed, stamped and endorsed application from
the Registrar, the bankrupt must:

   (a)  not less than 28 days before the date fixed by the Registrar, give a
        copy of the application to:

        (i)    the trustee; and

        (ii)   if the trustee is a registered trustee-the Official Receiver;
               and

   (b)  not less than 14 days before the date fixed by the Registrar, give a
        copy of the application to each creditor specified in the list
        attached to the application.".