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Interpretation Act 1984
13DBankrupt and related expressions, references to
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##### 13D. Bankrupt and related expressions, references to
(1) A reference in a written law to a person being a bankrupt means that the person is a bankrupt as defined in the *Bankruptcy Act 1966* (Commonwealth) or has a substantially similar status under a law applicable in a place where that Act does not apply.
(2) A reference in a written law to a person being a bankrupt or a person whose affairs are under insolvency laws means that —
(a) the person is a bankrupt as described in subsection (1); or
(b) the person is a party, as a debtor, to a debt agreement under the *Bankruptcy Act 1966* (Commonwealth); or
(c) the person has, as a debtor, entered into a personal insolvency agreement under Part X of the *Bankruptcy Act 1966* (Commonwealth) and obligations created by the agreement remain to be discharged; or
(d) the person has not yet entered a personal insolvency agreement under Part X of the *Bankruptcy Act 1966* (Commonwealth) but has authorised a controlling trustee to perform functions under that Part,
or that the person has a substantially similar status under a law applicable in a place where the *Bankruptcy Act 1966* (Commonwealth) does not apply.
[Section 13D inserted: No. 18 of 2009 s. 5.]