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to the Court were references to the Registrar.
"(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act and any provision of the Public Service Act 1922 or of any other law, a Registrar is not subject to the direction or control of any person or body in relation to the manner in which the Registrar exercises the powers pursuant to sub-section (1).
"(6) A party to a proceeding in which a Registrar has exercised any of the powers of the Court under sub-section (1) may, within the time prescribed by the rules, or within any further time allowed in accordance with the rules, apply to the Court to review that exercise of power.
"(7) The Court may, on application under sub-section (6) or of its own motion, review an exercise of power by a Registrar pursuant to this section and may make such order or orders as it thinks fit with respect to the matter with respect to which the power was exercised.
"(8) Where at a hearing of a proceeding that involves the exercise of a power referred to in paragraph (1) (n) in relation to a sequestration order or in paragraph (1) (p) to make an order for the administration of the estate of a deceased debtor under Part XI, a person opposes the making of that order, the Registrar shall not hear, or continue to hear, the proceeding and shall make appropriate arrangements for the proceeding to be heard by the Court.
SCHEDULE 1—continued
"(9) Where at any time before or during the hearing of a proceeding that involves the exercise of a power referred to in sub-section (1) by a Registrar—
     (a) the Registrar considers that it is not appropriate for the proceeding to be heard by the Registrar under this section; or
     (b) an application is made to the Registrar for the proceeding to be heard by a Court,
the Registrar shall not hear, or continue to hear, the proceeding and shall make appropriate arrangements for the proceeding to be heard by the Court.
"(10) In this section—
     'Registrar' means the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, a District Registrar or a Deputy District Registrar, of the Court;
     'the Court' means the Federal Court of Australia when exercising jurisdiction under this Act.".
Sub-section 116 (2)—
After paragraph (m), insert the following paragraph:
     "(ma) amounts paid to the bankrupt under a scheme established and operated by a State or the Northern Territory in accordance with the agreement between the Commonwealth and the States and the Northern Territory the execution of which, on behalf of the Commonwealth, was approved by the States and Northern Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1985, or in accordance with that agreement as subsequently amended, being