Commonwealth Numbered Acts

LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 115 of 1990 - SECT 12

12. Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (3) "Where" and substituting "Subject to
subsection (3A), where";

   (b)  by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:

"(3A) Where, at the time when a debtor's petition is presented under this
section, a creditor's petition is pending against any of the debtors (whether
alone or jointly with another person), or against a partnership of which any
of the debtors is a member, the Registrar must refer the debtor's petition to
the Court for a direction to accept or reject it.";

   (c)  by adding at the end of subsection (4) "or (3A)".