Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 504

             (1)  Any member or creditor, or the liquidator, may at any time before the deregistration of the company apply to the Court to review the amount of the remuneration of the liquidator, and the decision of the Court is final and conclusive.

             (2)  In exercising its powers under subsection (1), the Court must have regard to whether the remuneration is reasonable, taking into account any or all of the following matters:

                     (a)  the extent to which the work performed by the liquidator was reasonably necessary;

                     (b)  the extent to which the work likely to be performed by the liquidator is likely to be reasonably necessary;

                     (c)  the period during which the work was, or is likely to be, performed by the liquidator;

                     (d)  the quality of the work performed, or likely to be performed, by the liquidator;

                     (e)  the complexity (or otherwise) of the work performed, or likely to be performed, by the liquidator;

                      (f)  the extent (if any) to which the liquidator was, or is likely to be, required to deal with extraordinary issues;

                     (g)  the extent (if any) to which the liquidator was, or is likely to be, required to accept a higher level of risk or responsibility than is usually the case;

                     (h)  the value and nature of any property dealt with, or likely to be dealt with, by the liquidator;

                      (i)  whether the liquidator was, or is likely to be, required to deal with:

                              (i)  one or more receivers; or

                             (ii)  one or more receivers and managers;

                      (j)  the number, attributes and behaviour, or the likely number, attributes and behaviour, of the company's creditors;

                     (k)  if the remuneration is ascertained, in whole or in part, on a time basis:

                              (i)  the time properly taken, or likely to be properly taken, by the liquidator in performing the work; and

                             (ii)  whether the total remuneration payable to the liquidator is capped;

                      (l)  any other relevant matters.