Section 451D — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Time for doing act does not run while act prevented by this Part

Where:

(a) for any purpose (for example, the purposes of a law, agreement or instrument) an act must or may be done within a particular period or before a particular time; and

(b) this Part prevents the act from being done within that period or before that time;

the period is extended, or the time is deferred, because of this section, according to how long this Part prevented the act from being done.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 451A — Appointment of 2 or more administrators of company
s 451B — Appointment of 2 or more administrators of deed of company arrangement
s 451C — Effect of things done during administration of company
s 451E — Stay on enforcing rights merely because the company is under administration etc.
s 451F — Lifting the stay
s 451G — Order for rights to be enforceable only with leave of the Court

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