On 26/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013.
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317.
—(1) Every liquidator shall, within one month after the expiration of a period of 6 months from the date of his appointment and of every subsequent period of 6 months and in any case within one month after he ceases to act as liquidator and immediately after obtaining an order of release, lodge with the Official Receiver in the prescribed form and verified by statutory declaration an account of his receipts and payments and a statement of the position in the winding up, and any liquidator who fails to do so shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and also to a default penalty.
[15/84; 12/2002]
(1A) The liquidator referred to in subsection (1) shall also lodge with the Registrar a notice in the prescribed form of the matters referred to in that subsection and, if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and also to a default penalty.
[12/2002]
(2) The Official Receiver may cause the account of any liquidation to be audited by a public accountant, and for the purpose of the audit the liquidator shall furnish the public accountant with such vouchers and information as he requires, and the public accountant may at any time require the production of and inspect any books or accounts kept by the liquidator.
[5/2004]
(3) A copy of the account or, if audited, a copy of the audited account shall be kept by the liquidator and the copy shall be open to the inspection of any creditor or of any person interested at the office of the liquidator.
(4) The liquidator shall —
(a)
give notice that the account has been made up to every creditor and contributory when next forwarding any report, notice of meeting, notice of call or dividend; and
(b)
in such notice inform the creditors and contributories at what address and between what hours the account may be inspected.
(5) The costs of an audit under this section shall be fixed by the Official Receiver and shall be part of the expenses of winding up.
[UK, 1948, s. 249; Aust., 1961, s. 281]