Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Official Assignee, Official Receiver and Insolvency Practitioners
45. Vacancy in office of trustee in bankruptcy
Feedback & supportWhere the appointment of any person as trustee in bankruptcy fails to take effect, or where a vacancy arises in the office of a trustee in bankruptcy whose appointment has taken effect, the Official Assignee —
trustee in bankruptcy
“trustee in bankruptcy” means a person appointed under section 36 as trustee of a bankrupt’s estate.
is to act as the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate until the vacancy is filled; and
trustee
“trustee”, in relation to a bankruptcy and a bankrupt, means the trustee of the bankrupt’s estate and includes the Official Assignee when acting as trustee of the bankrupt’s estate;
may summon a general meeting of the bankrupt’s creditors for the purpose of filling the vacancy.
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;