Section 836CCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Costs of statutory management

(1) The Reserve Bank’s costs (including costs in the nature of remuneration and expenses) of:

(a) being in control of a body corporate’s business as statutory manager; or

(b) having a statutory manager in control of a body corporate’s business;

are payable from the body corporate’s funds and are a debt due to the Reserve Bank.

(2) Despite anything contained in this Act or any other law relating to the winding up of companies, debts due to the Reserve Bank by a body corporate under subsection (1) have priority in a winding‑up of the body corporate over all other unsecured debts.

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.

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