Section 836A — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Termination of existing external administrator

(1) The appointment of an external administrator of a body corporate is terminated when a statutory manager takes control of the body corporate’s business.

(2) Failure to give an external administrator notice under section 832A does not affect the operation of this section.

External administrator may only be appointed with approval during statutory management

(3) While a body corporate is under statutory management, an external administrator of the body corporate must not be appointed unless the Reserve Bank approves the appointment in writing.

Invalid acts

(4) If:

(a) a person who ceased to be the external administrator of a body corporate under subsection (1); or

(b) a purported external administrator of the body corporate appointed in contravention of subsection (3);

purports to act in relation to the body corporate’s business, those acts are invalid and of no effect.

Related sections

• s 835A — Reporting to Reserve Bank
• s 835B — Reserve Bank’s directions power—directions to statutory manager
• s 835C — Consent to take action that may affect financial system stability in Australia
• s 836B — Appointment of 2 or more statutory managers of body corporate
• s 836C — Costs of statutory management
• s 836D — Annual general meeting need not be held

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