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Amendment of section 159 of Principal Act
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23. Section 159 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) by the insertion of the following definition:
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“ ‘authorised officer’ means a person appointed under section 176B to be an authorised officer;”,
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and
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(b) by the substitution of the following for the definition of “improper conduct”:
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“ ‘improper conduct’, in relation to a personal insolvency practitioner, means—
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(a) the commission by the personal insolvency practitioner of an act which renders the personal insolvency practitioner no longer a fit and proper person to carry on practice as a personal insolvency practitioner,
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(b) the commission by the personal insolvency practitioner of a material contravention of a provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder, or
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(c) failure by the personal insolvency practitioner to perform his or her functions under this Act in accordance with this Act and any regulations made thereunder.”.
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