Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 17 · Administration in Bankruptcy
371. Payment of monthly contribution
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2), a bankrupt who is not discharged must pay to the Official Assignee, on or before such day of each month as the Official Assignee may specify in writing, an amount not less than the bankrupt’s monthly contribution.
bankrupt
“bankrupt” means —(a)an individual debtor who has been adjudged bankrupt by a bankruptcy order; or(b)where a bankruptcy order has been made against a firm, each of the partners in the firm;
Where the target contribution for a bankruptcy has been paid in full, whether through payments by the bankrupt or otherwise, subsection (1) ceases to apply to the bankrupt.
target contribution
“target contribution” means —(a)an amount equal to —(i)in any case where the bankruptcy is a repeat bankruptcy, 76 payments of monthly contributions determined in accordance with section 339; or(ii)in any other case, 52 payments of monthly contributions determined in accordance with section 339; or(b)if the amount referred to in paragraph (a) is varied by the Court under section 340(5)(a), 341(1) or 343(4)(a) or reduced by the Official Assignee under section 342(1) or 344(3), that amount as varied or reduced, as the case may be.
To avoid doubt, subsection (1) does not prevent any person other than the bankrupt from paying, to the Official Assignee, any amount towards the bankrupt’s target contribution.
Official Assignee
“Official Assignee” means the Official Assignee appointed under section 16(1) and includes a Deputy Official Assignee, a Senior Assistant Official Assignee and an Assistant Official Assignee;