Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357:clause:3_138
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 138
Character Range: 84520–85287

138  Appointment of more than one trustee etc.
Section 158 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection:

 (3) In this section, a reference to a registered trustee, in relation to the appointment of a trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, includes a reference to a registered trustee who is, by virtue of subsection 156A(3), the trustee of the estate of the bankrupt.

139
Section 160 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

       160  Official Trustee to be trustee when no registered trustee is trustee

  If at any time there is no registered trustee who is the trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, the Official Trustee shall, by force of this section, be the trustee of the estate.