SUPREME COURT (CORPORATIONS) RULES 1999 - REG 9.5
Remuneration of special manager (Corporations Act s 484 (2))--Form 16
SUPREME COURT (CORPORATIONS) RULES 1999 - REG 9.5
Remuneration of special manager (Corporations Act s 484 (2))--Form 16
9.5 Remuneration of special manager (Corporations Act s 484 (2))--Form 16
(1) This rule applies to an application by a special manager of the property
or business of a company for an order under subsection 484 (2) of the
Corporations Act fixing the special manager's remuneration.
(2) The
application must be made by interlocutory process in the winding up
proceeding.
(3) At least 21 days before filing the interlocutory process
seeking the order, the special manager must serve a notice in accordance with
Form 16 of the special manager's intention to apply for the order, and a copy
of any affidavit on which the special manager intends to rely, on the
following persons:
(b) each member of any
committee of creditors or committee of inspection or, if there is no committee
of creditors or committee of inspection, each of the 5 largest (measured by
amount of debt) creditors of the company,
(c) each member of the company
whose shareholding represents at least 10 per cent of the issued capital of
the company.
(4) Within 21 days after the last service of the documents
mentioned in subrule (3), the liquidator, or any creditor or contributory, may
give to the special manager a notice of objection to the remuneration claimed,
stating the grounds of objection.
(5) If the special manager does not receive
a notice of objection within the period mentioned in subrule (4):
(a) the
special manager may file an affidavit, made after the end of that period, in
support of the interlocutory process seeking the order stating:
(i) the date,
or dates, when the notice and affidavit required to be served under subrule
(3) were served, and
(ii) that the special manager has not received any
notice of objection to the remuneration claimed within the period mentioned in
subrule (4), and
(b) the special manager may endorse the
interlocutory process with a request that the application be dealt with in the
absence of the public and without any attendance by, or on behalf of, the
special manager, and
(c) the application may be so dealt with.
(6) If the
special manager receives a notice of objection within the period mentioned in
subrule (4), the special manager must serve a copy of the
interlocutory process seeking the order:
(a) on each creditor or contributory
who has given a notice of objection, and