Bankruptcy Regulations 2021

PART 6 - ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY  

Division 2 - Order of payment of debts  

SECTION 26  

26   MAXIMUM AMOUNT PAYABLE TO EMPLOYEE  
For the purposes of paragraph 109(1)(e) of the Act, the maximum amount due to or in respect of an employee of a bankrupt is:

(a)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in a financial year specified in column 1 of an item of the following table - the amount specified in column 2 of that item; or

(b)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2020 - $4,600; or

(c)    if the date of the bankruptcy is in the financial year beginning on 1 July 2021 or a later financial year - $4,600:


(i) indexed in accordance with section 114 of this instrument; and

(ii) rounded down to the nearest multiple of $50.
Note:

Indexed amounts could in 2021 be viewed on the Australian Financial Security Authority ' s website (http://www.afsa.gov.au).


Maximum amount payable to employee
Item Column 1 Column 2
Financial year Amount
1 2019-20 $4,600
2 2018-19 $4,550
3 2017-18 $4,500
4 2016-17 $4,450
5 2015-16 $4,400
6 2014-15 $4,350
7 2013-14 $4,300
8 2012-13 $4,200
9 2011-12 $4,150
10 2010-11 $4,100
11 2009-10 $4,000
12 2008-09 $3,950
13 2007-08 $3,850
14 2006-07 $3,750
15 2005-06 $3,650
16 2004-05 $3,550
17 2003-04 $3,500
18 2002-03 $3,450
19 2001-02 $3,350
20 2000-01 $3,300
21 1999-2000 $3,150
22 1998-99 $3,100
23 1997-98 $3,100
24 1996-97 $3,100




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