Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Bill

  • enacted

Part 4 Licences, accreditation, and role of Registrar

Subpart 1—Licences

Requirement to hold licence

21 Insolvency practitioner must hold licence

(1)

A person who acts as an insolvency practitioner must be a licensed insolvency practitioner whose licence—

(a)

authorises the person to act as an insolvency practitioner in respect of the insolvency engagement being carried out; and

(b)

is recorded in the register.

(2)

A person who acts as an insolvency practitioner in breach of this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $75,000.

(3)

This section does not apply to an Official Assignee.

Compare: 2011 No 21 s 8