Section 853MCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

When an individual has been a core officer of a corporation unable to pay its debts

This section applies to an individual in relation to a corporation if, within the last 7 years:

(a) the individual was a core officer of the corporation when the corporation was an FMI licensee; and

(b) the corporation was wound up either:

(i) while the individual was a core officer of the corporation; or

(ii) within the 12 months after the individual ceased to be a core officer of the corporation; and

(c) a liquidator lodged a report under subsection 533(1) (including that subsection as applied by section 526‑35 of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006) about the corporation’s inability to pay its debts.

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