Section 186H — Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth)

(1) If there are conditions on a person’s registration as a debt agreement administrator, the person may apply to the Inspector‑General for the conditions to be changed or removed.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to conditions determined in an instrument under subsection 186F(4) or 186G(2B).

(2) The application must:

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) be accompanied by such information and documents (if any) as are specified in the regulations.

(3) After considering an application made under subsection (1), the Inspector‑General must:

(a) decide that the conditions on the applicant’s registration as a debt agreement administrator should not be changed or removed; or

(b) decide that specified modifications should be made to the conditions imposed on the applicant’s registration as a debt agreement administrator.

Note: See the definition of modifications in subsection 5(1).

Notice of decision

(4) If the Inspector‑General decides that the conditions on the applicant’s registration as a debt agreement administrator should not be changed or removed, the Inspector‑General must give the applicant a written notice of the decision, and the reasons for it.

(5) If the Inspector‑General decides that specified modifications should be made to the conditions imposed on the applicant’s registration as a debt agreement administrator, the Inspector‑General must give the applicant a written notice of the decision, and the reasons for it.

Review

(6) The applicant may apply to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a decision of the Inspector‑General made under this section.

(7) In subsection (6):

decision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024.

Related sections

• s 186E — Duration of registration as a debt agreement administrator
• s 186F — Conditions of registration—general
• s 186G — Condition of registration—companies
• s 186HA — Registered debt agreement administrator to maintain insurance
• s 186J — Surrender of registration as a debt agreement administrator
• s 186K — Cancellation of an individual’s registration as a debt agreement administrator

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