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Child Support Act 1991

Amendments to other Acts - Amendments to Insolvency Act 1967

252: Debts from which discharge releases bankrupt

You could also call this:

"Bankruptcy release frees you from some debts"

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When you are released from bankruptcy, you are freed from certain debts. The specific details about which debts you are released from are found in another law called the Insolvency Act. If you want to know more about this, you can look up that Act to see the exact information.

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Money and consumer rights > Banking and loans
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"How the law decides what's most important when someone can't pay their debts"

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Part 15Amendments to other Acts
Amendments to Insolvency Act 1967

252Debts from which discharge releases bankrupt

  1. Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).