Annual report by the Minister for Business and Consumer Affairs on the operation of the Bankruptcy Act 1966

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Australia. Department of Business and Consumer Affairs
Call Number
Nq 328.94 AUS
Created/Published
Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1976-
Issue
1975/1976, PP no. 336 of 1976
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BANKRUPTCY ACT Ninth Annual Report 1975-76 1 , 2 , 3
CONTENTS 5 , 6
NINTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1966 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 1. INTRODUCTION 7
2. LEGISLATION 7 , 8
3. JUDICIAL MATTERS 8 , 9 , 10
4. BANKRUPTCY BUSINESS 10 , 11 , 12
5. REGISTERED TRUSTEES 12
6. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATES OF BANKRUPTS AND DECEASED DEBTORS 12 , 13
7. OCCUPATIONAL STATUS AND INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION OF BANKRUPTS, DECEASED DEBTORS AND DEBTORS ENTERING INTO ARRANGEMENTS UNDER PART X 13
8. CAUSES OF BANKRUPTCY 13
9. FINANCIAL MATTERS 13 , 14
10. STAFFING AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 14
FIRST SCHEDULE BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ISSUED AND PETITIONS PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 15
SECOND SCHEDULE BANKRUPTCIES AND ORDERS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES, ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS SHOWN BY STATEMENTS OF AFFAIRS AND BY WHOM ADMINISTERED, DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 16
THIRD SCHEDULE ACTS OF BANKRUPTCY IN RESPECT OF WHICH SEQUESTRATION ORDERS WERE MADE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 17
FOURTH SCHEDULE DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT, DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT AND COMPOSITIONS UNDER PART X DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 AND ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS ESTIMATED BY DEBTORS 18
FIFTH SCHEDULE APPLICATIONS TO APPROVE COMPOSITIONS OR ARRANGEMENTS UNDER SECTION 74 AND THE RESULTS THEREOF DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 19
SIXTH SCHEDULE OBJECTIONS ENTERED TO DISCHARGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 149 DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 20
SEVENTH SCHEDULE APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE AND THE RESULTS THEREOF DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 21
EIGHTH SCHEDULE APPLICATIONS FOR ORDERS ANNULLING BANKRUPTCIES UNDER SECTION 154 AND THE RESULTS THEREOF DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 22
NINTH SCHEDULE—PART A OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OF BANKRUPTS, DECEASED DEBTORS AND OF DEBTORS WHO ENTERED INTO DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT, DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT OR COMPOSITIONS UNDER PART X DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27
NINTH SCHEDULE—PART B INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION OF BANKRUPTS, DECEASED DEBTORS AND DEBTORS WHO ENTERED INTO DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT, DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT OR COMPOSITIONS UNDER PART X DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 28
TENTH SCHEDULE—PART A CAUSES OF BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES, BEING BANKRUPTCIES OF EMPLOYERS AND PERSONS ENGAGED IN A TRADE, BUSINESS OR PROFESSION ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 29
TENTH SCHEDULE—PART B CAUSES OF NON-BUSINESS BANKRUPTCIES BEING BANKRUPTCIES OF WAGE AND SALARY EARNERS, PENSIONERS, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS HAVING NO REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 29
ELEVENTH SCHEDULE 30
TWELFTH SCHEDULE—PART A ESTATES OF BANKRUPTS AND DECEASED DEBTORS UNDER ADMINISTRATION BY OFFICIAL RECEIVERS 31
TWELFTH SCHEDULE—PART B AMOUNTS RECEIVED AND DISBURSED BY OFFICIAL RECEIVERS DURING THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 31
TWELFTH SCHEDULE PART C 32
THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE PROSECUTIONS OF BANKRUPTS 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37
FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE—PART A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1976 AND ALSO COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1975 38
FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE PART B 39
FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE STAFF STATISTICS ESTABLISHMENT OF BANKRUPTCY BRANCH AS AT 30 JUNE 1976 CENTRAL OFFICE AND PERSONAL STAFF OF FEDERAL JUDGES IN BANKRUPTCY 40

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