Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1992 No. 194 BANKRUPTCY RULES (AMENDMENT) - RULE 32

  32.1   After rule 161A, insert:
Official Receiver's charges and fees

"161B. (1) For the purposes of subsection 163A (2) of the Act, the following
fees are prescribed for the exercise of a power under the Act, these Rules or
regulations made under the Act (other than a power referred to in subrule (4)
or (5)) by the Official Receiver personally, at the request of the trustee of
the estate of a bankrupt:

   (a)  if the Official Receiver is a Level 1 officer in the Senior Executive
        Service of the Australian Public Service, or an officer of a higher
        classification-$150 for each hour, or part of an hour, during which
        the power is exercised;

   (b)  if the Official Receiver is an Insolvency and Trustee Officer Grade 1
        in the Australian Public Service, or an officer of an equivalent or
        higher classification who is not referred to in paragraph (a)-$100 for
        each hour, or part of an hour, during which the power is exercised.

"(2) For the purposes of subsection 163A (2) of the Act, the following fees
are prescribed for the exercise of a power under the Act, these Rules or
regulations made under the Act (other than a power referred to in subrule (4)
or (5)) by an officer assisting the Official Receiver for the purposes of
subsection 15 (1) of the Act, at the request of the trustee of the estate of a
bankrupt:

   (a)  if the officer is a Level 1 officer in the Senior Executive Service of
        the Australian Public Service, or an officer of a higher
        classification-$150 for each hour, or part of an hour, during which
        the power is exercised;

   (b)  if the officer is an Insolvency and Trustee Officer Grade 1 in the
        Australian Public Service, or an officer of an equivalent or higher
        classification who is not referred to in paragraph (a)-$100 for each
        hour, or part of an hour, during which the power is exercised;

   (c)  if the officer is an Insolvency and Trustee Officer Grade 2 in the
        Australian Public Service, or an officer of an equivalent or lower
        classification-$75 for each hour, or part of an hour, during which the
        power is exercised.

"(3) For the purposes of subrule (1), a person who for the time being performs
the duties of an office of a particular classification in the Australian
Public Service while acting as Official Receiver is taken to be an officer of
that classification.

"(4) For the purposes of subsection 163A (2) of the Act, a fee of $100 is
prescribed for:

   (a)  the issue of an offshore information notice under subsection 81A (1)
        of the Act at the request of a trustee; or

   (b)  the variation of an offshore information notice under subsection 81C
        (2) of the Act at the request of a trustee.

"(5) For the purposes of subsection 163A (2) of the Act, a fee of $100 is
prescribed for the issue of a notice under paragraph 139ZL (1) (b) or 139ZQ
(1) (b) of the Act requiring a person to make a payment or payments to a
trustee.".