# Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, Paragraph 79


(1) Section 300 (vacancy in office of trustee) is amended as follows.
(2) For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) The official receiver may ask the bankrupt's creditors to appoint a person as trustee, and must do so if so requested by not less than one tenth in value of the bankrupt's creditors.
(3A) If the official receiver makes such a request the bankrupt's creditors may in accordance with the rules appoint a person as trustee.”
(3) In subsection (4) for the words from “summoned” to “vacancy” substitute “ asked, and is not proposing to ask, the bankrupt's creditors to appoint a person as trustee ”.
(4) In subsection (8) for the words from “holding” to “331” substitute “ vacation of office by the trustee under section 298(8) ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/26/schedule/9/paragraph/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015/schedule-9/paragraph-79
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