THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

PART 5.6 - WINDING UP GENERALLY

Division 6 - Proof and ranking of claims

Subdivision E - Miscellaneous

SECTION 563B   INTEREST ON DEBTS AND CLAIMS FROM RELEVANT DATE TO DATE OF PAYMENT  

563B(1)  [When interest payable]  

If, in the winding up of a company, the liquidator pays an amount in respect of an admitted debt or claim, there is also payable to the debtor or claimant, as a debt payable in the winding up, interest, at the prescribed rate, on the amount of the payment in respect of the period starting on the relevant date and ending on the day on which the payment is made.

563B(2)  [Postponement of interest payment]  

Subject to subsection (3), payment of the interest is to be postponed until all other debts and claims in the winding up have been satisfied, other than debts owed to members of the company as members of the company (whether by way of dividends, profits or otherwise).

563B(3)  [Limitation]  

If the admitted debt or claim is a debt to which section 554B applied, subsection (2) does not apply to postpone payment of so much of the interest as is attributable to the period starting at the relevant date and ending on the earlier of:

(a)  the day on which the payment is made; and

(b)  the future date, within the meaning of section 554B.