Division 2 — Approval and modification of
debt repayment plan, etc.
Approval of debt repayment plan
18.—(1)  Where the Official Assignee does not make the decision whether to modify a debt repayment plan at a meeting of creditors convened under section 295(2) of the Act, the Official Assignee must make the decision whether to approve or modify the debt repayment plan within 14 days after the conclusion of that meeting.
(2)  The Official Assignee must, within 7 days after the decision mentioned in paragraph (1) is made, notify in writing the debtor and all the creditors concerned of the decision.
Filing of proofs of debt after approval of debt repayment plan
19.—(1)  The Official Assignee may, after the approval of a debt repayment plan but before the effective date of the plan, accept any additional proof of debt filed by a creditor concerned against the debtor in question.
(2)  A creditor filing any additional proof of the creditor’s debt under paragraph (1) must comply with regulation 10(3), (4) and (5), and for this purpose, regulation 10(3), (4) and (5) applies as if —
(a)a reference to a creditor in regulation 10(3), (4) or (5) is a reference to a creditor filing an additional proof of debt under paragraph (1); and
(b)a reference to a proof of debt in regulation 10(3), (4) or (5) is a reference to an additional proof of debt filed under paragraph (1).
(3)  A creditor must bear the cost of proving the creditor’s debt.
(4)  Before the Official Assignee admits or rejects in whole or in part an additional proof of debt filed under paragraph (1), the Official Assignee must examine the proof and the grounds of the debt, and may require further evidence in support of the proof of debt from the creditor concerned.
(5)  Where the Official Assignee admits or rejects in whole or in part an additional proof of debt filed under paragraph (1), the Official Assignee must inform the debtor and the creditor concerned of the Official Assignee’s decision in writing within 7 days after the date of the decision.
Modification of debt repayment plan before effective date
20.—(1)  Where the Official Assignee admits an additional proof of debt against a debtor under regulation 19(1), the Official Assignee may make the necessary modifications to the debtor’s debt repayment plan pursuant to section 291(3) of the Act.
(2)  The Official Assignee must, within 7 days after the date of the Official Assignee’s decision to modify a debt repayment plan, inform the debtor and the creditors concerned of the decision in writing and the effective date of the debt repayment plan so modified.