Section 81A — Bankruptcy Act 1966: Issue of notices

(1) If the Official Receiver has reason to believe that: (a) information relevant to the examinable affairs of a bankrupt is: (i) known (whether exclusively or otherwise) by a person outside Australia; or (ii) recorded (whether exclusively or otherwise) in a book outside Australia; or (b) books relevant to the examinable affairs of a bankrupt are outside Australia (whether or not copies are in Australia or, if the books are copies of other books, whether or not those other books are in Australia); the Official Receiver, by written notice (in this Division called the offshore information notice) given to any person, may request the person: (c) to give to the Official Receiver, within the period and in the manner set out in that notice, any such information; or (d) to produce to the Official Receiver, within the period and in the manner set out in that notice, any such books; or (e) to make copies of any such books and to produce to the Official Receiver, within the period and in the manner set out in that notice, those copies. (2) The period set out in the offshore information notice must end 90 days after the date on which the notice is given.