Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:12:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 12 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 94362–97148

operation of this Act, the registered trustee or administrator, as the case may be, shall forthwith provide the report requested.
 (1BA) The Inspector‑General may make an inquiry or investigation under paragraph (1)(b), (ba), (bb) or (bc) at any time, whether before or after the end of the bankruptcy, composition, scheme or agreement or administration concerned.
 (1B) Where the Inspector‑General makes an inquiry or investigation referred to in paragraph (1)(b), (ba), (bb) or (bc), the Inspector‑General may give a copy of the report of the results of the inquiry or investigation to any person the Inspector‑General thinks fit.
 (1C) Without limiting the generality of paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), the Inspector‑General may make inquiries and investigations under those paragraphs at the request of:
 (a) if the Inspector‑General is satisfied that the request relates to an application, or proposed application, for a confiscation order—the Commonwealth proceeds of crime authority that is the responsible authority, or that is proposed to be the responsible authority, for the application or proposed application under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; or
 (b) if the Inspector‑General is satisfied that the request relates to an application, or proposed application, for an interstate confiscation order—a person who is entitled, under a corresponding law, to apply for an order of that kind.
 (1D) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(bb), any conduct engaged in by the administrator of a debt agreement:
 (a) in fulfilment, or purported fulfilment, of a duty of the administrator under this Act; or
 (b) in breach of a duty of the administrator under this Act;
is taken to be conduct of the administrator that relates to a debt agreement, even if the conduct does not relate to a particular debt agreement.
 (1E) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(bb), if a person signs a certificate under subsection 185C(2D) in relation to a debt agreement proposal, the person's conduct in relation to the certificate is taken to be conduct of an administrator that relates to a debt agreement.
 (1F) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(bb), if a person:
 (a) gives a notification in compliance, or purported compliance with subsection 185N(5); or
 (b) breaches subsection 185N(5);
the giving of the notification, or the breach, as the case may be, is taken to be the conduct of an administrator that relates to a debt agreement.
 (2) For the purposes of discharging his or her functions under this Act, the Inspector‑General may:
 (a) require the production of any books kept by an Official Receiver or by a trustee; and
 (b) require a trustee to answer an inquiry made to him or her in relation to any of the following matters in which the trustee is, or has been, engaged:
 (i) a bankruptcy;
 (ii)