Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:57:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 57 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 206848–209425

and by virtue of presentation of the petition.
 (6) If a registered trustee is the trustee of the estate of a person who becomes a bankrupt under this section, the Official Receiver must:
 (a) notify the trustee of the bankruptcy; and
 (b) give the trustee a copy of each statement of affairs that accompanied the debtor's petition.
 (6A) A debtor who is a party (as debtor) to a debt agreement must not present a debtor's petition unless the Court gives the debtor permission to do so.
 (7) A debtor who has executed a personal insolvency agreement is not entitled to join in presenting a petition under this section unless:
 (a) the agreement has been set aside; or
 (b) the agreement has been terminated; or
 (c) all the obligations that the agreement created have been discharged; or
 (d) the Court grants leave for the debtor to join in presenting a petition under this section.
 (8) A debtor in relation to whom a stay under a proclaimed law applies is not, except with the leave of the Court, entitled to join in presenting a petition under this section.
 (9) Where a petition is presented in contravention of subsection (6A), (7) or (8), the presentation of the petition does not have any effect.
 (10) A person who becomes a bankrupt by force of this section continues to be a bankrupt until:
 (a) he or she is discharged by force of subsection 149(1); or
 (b) his or her bankruptcy is annulled by force of subsection 74(1) or 153A(1) or under section 153B.
 (11) A person who states in writing that he or she is a creditor of a bankrupt who has become a bankrupt by virtue of the presentation of a debtor's petition against joint debtors, or a creditor of joint debtors some or all of whom have become bankrupts by force of this section, may without fee, and any other person may on payment of the fee determined by the Minister by legislative instrument, inspect, personally or by an agent, any statement of affairs that accompanied the petition presented by the joint debtors, and may obtain a copy of, or take extracts from, any such statement of affairs.
 (12) A bankrupt who has become a bankrupt by force of this section may, without fee and either personally or by an agent:
 (a) inspect any statement of affairs that accompanied the petition; and
 (b) obtain a copy of, or make extracts from, any statement of affairs that accompanied the petition.
 (13) If the approved form for a statement of affairs indicates that particular information in the statement will not be made available to the public, then the Official Receiver must ensure that the information