75‑65 Conducting meetings75‑65 Conducting meetings

75‑65 Conducting meetings

(1) The trustee must open a meeting of creditors and introduce himself or herself and, if the regulated debtor is present, introduce the regulated debtor. (2) If the regulated debtor is not present, the trustee must announce that fact and, if the trustee is aware of any reason why the regulated debtor is not present, must state that reason. (3) In the case of a deceased debtor, the trustee must introduce the debtor’s legal personal representative, if present. (4) If a document mentioned in section 75‑60 is tabled at the meeting, the trustee: (a) may make statements to the meeting in relation to the document; and (b) must invite the persons participating and entitled to vote at the meeting to make statements to the meeting in relation to the document. (5) After the statements (if any) have been made, the trustee must invite the persons participating and entitled to vote at the meeting to ask questions of the trustee and, if the regulated debtor is present, of the regulated debtor. (6) In the case of a deceased debtor, the trustee must invite the persons participating and entitled to vote at the meeting to ask questions of the debtor’s legal personal representative, if present. (7) The regulated debtor or, in the case of a deceased debtor, the legal personal representative of the deceased debtor, if present, must answer any questions put to him or her to the best of his or her knowledge and ability.