Section 85 of the Bankruptcy Act 1988 is amended by the substitution of the following for section 85:
"Automatic discharge from bankruptcy.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 85A every bankruptcy shall, on the 3rd anniversary of the date of the making of the adjudication order in respect of that bankruptcy, unless prior to that date the bankruptcy has been discharged or annulled, stand discharged.
(2) Subject to section 85A, a bankruptcy subsisting on the coming into operation of section 157 of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 where the order of adjudication was made more than 3 years prior to the coming into operation of that section, shall stand discharged 6 months after that day unless the bankruptcy has otherwise been discharged or annulled.
(3) Where a bankruptcy is discharged in pursuance of this section the unrealised property of the bankrupt shall remain vested in the Official Assignee for the benefit of the creditors.
(4) A bankrupt who is discharged from bankruptcy
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