Insolvency Practice Rules (Bankruptcy) 2016
20‑5 Conditions on registration of trust20‑5 Conditions on registration of trustees
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20‑5 Conditions on registration of trustees
(1) This section is made for the purposes of section 20‑35 of the Insolvency Practice Schedule (Bankruptcy). (2) It is a condition on the registration of any person as a registered trustee that: (a) the person undertake at least 120 hours of continuing professional education during: (i) the period of 3 years starting on the day the person is first registered as a trustee; and (ii) each subsequent period of 3 years during which the person is registered as a trustee; and (b) at least 30 hours of the 120 hours of continuing professional education is capable of being objectively verified by a competent source. (4) It is a condition on the registration of any person whose registration as a trustee has been suspended that the person must, during the period of the suspension, maintain: (a) adequate and appropriate professional indemnity insurance; and (b) adequate and appropriate fidelity insurance; against the liabilities that the person may incur as a result of work carried out as a registered trustee before the suspension takes effect.