Form B8
Rule 5.01
Referral of debtor’s petition
No.	      of 20     
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Registry: [State]

In the matter of [name of debtor or bankrupt estate]
Referral by Official Receiver
[Select and complete appropriately one of the following options and delete the others.  Do not otherwise edit or adapt.]
[*]The debtor [name of debtor] has presented a debtor’s petition to the Official Receiver and Creditor’s Petition No. [number] of [year] is pending against a number of debtors including this debtor.
[*or]A debtor’s petition has been presented to the Official Receiver against the partnership [name of partnership] by some but not all members of the partnership.
[*or]A debtor’s petition has been presented to the Official Receiver against the partnership [name of partnership] and Creditor’s Petition No. [number] of [year] is pending against at least one of the members of the partnership.
[*or]A debtor’s petition has been presented to the Official Receiver against the partnership [name of partnership] by some but not all of the members of the partnership and, in addition, Creditor’s Petition No. [number] of [year] is pending against at least one of the members of the partnership.
[*or]A debtor’s petition has been presented to the Official Receiver by debtors [name of joint debtors] jointly and Creditor’s Petition No. [number] of [year] is pending against at least one but not all of those joint debtors.
A copy of the debtor’s petition and any relevant statement/s of affairs are filed with this referral.
The Official Receiver refers the debtor’s petition to the Court for a direction to accept or reject that petition as required under subsection [*]55(3B)[*or]56C(1)[*or]57(3B) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966.
Any person who wishes to attend Court or take any other step in this referral must first file and serve a notice of appearance (Form B4) in the Registry. 

Date:       

Signed
Official Receiver	
To: Official Receiver, debtor and applicant creditor
The Court will hear this referral, or make orders for the conduct of it, at the time, date and place shown in the Notice of Filing and Hearing attached.[Note: The Court will insert the Notice of Filing and Hearing as a coversheet when this referral is accepted for filing.]

[*delete if inapplicable]