Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01292:reg:20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01292
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 20
Character Range: 26715–27780

20  Presentation of debtor's petition
 (1) This section applies if a debtor intends to present a petition under section 55, 56B or 57 of the Act and the debtor is:
 (a) unable to read the relevant material because the debtor:
 (i) is blind or has low vision; or
 (ii) is illiterate or partially literate; or
 (iii) is insufficiently familiar with the English language; or
 (b) unable to sign the petition because of a physical incapacity.
 (2) The petition may be signed on behalf of the debtor by another person, who must also sign a statement:
 (a) if subparagraph (1)(a)(i) or (ii) applies—that the person has read the relevant material to the debtor; or
 (b) if subparagraph (1)(a)(iii) applies—that the person has interpreted the relevant material to the debtor in a language with which the person and the debtor are familiar; or
 (c) if paragraph (1)(b) applies—that the person believes that the debtor has read and understood the relevant material.
 (3) In this section:
relevant material means the petition and the information prescribed under section 19.