Part II
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Provisions relating to the carrying on of banking business
Division 2
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Protection of depositors
Subdivision B
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Provisions dealing with control of a body corporate
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s business by a Banking Act statutory manager
History
Subdiv B heading substituted by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 104, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA. The heading formerly read:
Subdivision B
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Provisions dealing with control of an ADI
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s business by an ADI statutory manager
SECTION 14C
Banking Act statutory manager
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s liabilities and duties
Immunity
(1)
A Banking Act statutory manager, or a person acting on behalf of a Banking Act statutory manager, is not subject to any liability (whether civil or criminal) in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in the exercise or performance, or the purported exercise or performance, of powers, functions or duties conferred or imposed on the Banking Act statutory manager by or under this Act.
History
S 14C(1) substituted by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 149, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA. S 14C(1) formerly read:
(1)
Liability for loss due to fraud etc.
If an ADI incurs any loss because of any fraud, dishonesty, negligence or wilful failure to comply with this Act by the ADI statutory manager, the ADI statutory manager is liable for the loss.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to an act or omission in bad faith.
History
S 14C(2) substituted by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 149, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA. S 14C(2) formerly read:
(2)
Other losses
An ADI statutory manager is not liable for a loss that is not a loss incurred because of fraud, dishonesty, negligence or wilful failure to comply with this Act. If the ADI statutory manager is an administrator of the ADI
'
s business, the administrator must provide details of the loss in a written report to APRA. However, failure to do so does not make the administrator liable for the loss.
(3)
To avoid doubt, a Banking Act statutory manager is not liable under section
588G
,
588GAB
or
588GAC
of the
Corporations Act 2001
in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, in the exercise or performance, or the purported exercise or performance, of powers, functions or duties conferred or imposed on the Banking Act statutory manager by or under this Act. This subsection does not limit the scope of subsection (1).
History
S 14C(3) amended by No 6 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 1 item 79, by inserting
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, 588GAB or 588GAC
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, effective 18 February 2020.
S 14C(3) substituted by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 149, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA. S 14C(3) formerly read:
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) apply instead of general indemnity provisions
The question whether an ADI statutory manager is liable for a loss is to be determined in accordance with subsections (1) and (2), rather than in accordance with section 70A of this Act or section 58 of the
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
.
(4)
(Repealed by No 10 of 2018)
History
S 14C(4) repealed by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 149, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA. S 14C(4) formerly read:
(4)
ADI statutory manager not liable under section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001
An ADI statutory manager is not to be taken to be a director for the purposes of section 588G of the
Corporations Act 2001
.
(5)
Signpost to secrecy obligations
Part
6
of the
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998
prohibits certain disclosures of information received by Banking Act statutory managers under this Act.
History
S 14C(5) amended by No 10 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 150, by substituting
"
Banking Act statutory managers
"
for
"
ADI statutory managers
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, effective 5 March 2018. For application provisions, see note under Subdiv
D
heading of Pt II Div 1BA.