THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

PART 5.4 - WINDING UP IN INSOLVENCY

Division 2 - Statutory demand

SECTION 459F   WHEN COMPANY TAKEN TO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY DEMAND  

459F(1)  (Where company fails to comply)  

If, as at the end of the period for compliance with a statutory demand, the demand is still in effect and the company has not complied with it, the company is taken to fail to comply with the demand at the end of that period.

459F(2)  (Period for compliance)  

The period for compliance with a statutory demand is:

(a)  if the company applies in accordance with section 459G for an order setting aside the demand:

(i) if, on hearing the application under section 459G, or on an application by the company under this paragraph, the Court makes an order that extends the period for compliance with the demand - the period specified in the order, or in the last such order, as the case requires, as the period for such compliance; or

(ii) otherwise - the period beginning on the day when the demand is served and ending 7 days after the application under section 459G is finally determined or otherwise disposed of; or

(b)  otherwise - 21 days after the demand is served.