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BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 - SECT 185LB

Administrator to notify creditors of a 3 - month arrears default by a debtor

  (1)   If a 3 - month arrears default by a debtor occurs at a particular time in relation to a debt agreement, the administrator of the debt agreement must notify, in writing, each creditor who is a party to the debt agreement of that occurrence within 10 business days of that occurrence.

  (2)   The administrator of a debt agreement is not required to give a notification under subsection   (1) in respect of a 3 - month arrears default (the first default ) if:

  (a)   one or more other 3 - month arrears defaults by the debtor have occurred in relation to the debt agreement; and

  (b)   the 3 - month period to which the first default relates overlaps with the 3 - month period to which any of those other 3 - month arrears defaults relate; and

  (c)   a notification under subsection   (1) has already been given in respect of any of those other 3 - month arrears defaults.

  (3)   For the purposes of this section, a 3 - month arrears default by a debtor occurs at a particular time (the test time ) in relation to a debt agreement if:

  (a)   at the beginning of the 3 - month period ending immediately before the test time, one or more payments (the due payments ) in respect of provable debts became due and payable by the debtor under the debt agreement; and

  (b)   throughout that 3 - month period, the debtor was in arrears in respect of any or all of the due payments; and

  (c)   either:

  (i)   the total amount that the debtor was so in arrears exceeds $300, or 20% of the total of all of the due payments at the beginning of that 3 - month period, whichever is higher; or

  (ii)   if the total of all of the due payments at the beginning of that 3 - month period was $300 or less--no payment was made in that period to reduce any of the due payments.



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