Duties of liquidator
579 Duties of liquidator
This section applies if:
the liquidator or liquidators of a group of 2 or more companies exercise a power conferred by section 571 or subsection 577(1A); and
the liquidator or liquidators, in the exercise of that power, acted:
with due care; and
in good faith; and
for the benefit of the creditors of the companies in the group, considered as a whole.
The liquidator or liquidators are taken not to be in breach of:
any duty to a company in the group concerned (whether under section 180, 181, 182, 183 or 184 or otherwise and whether of a fiduciary nature or not); or
any duty to the creditors of a company in the group concerned (whether of a fiduciary nature or not);
in connection with the exercise of that power.
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