Eligibility criteria for restructuring
5.3B.03 Eligibility criteria for restructuring
For the purposes of paragraph 453C(1)(a) of the Act, the test for eligibility is that on the day the restructuring begins the total liabilities of the company to pay any admissible debts and claims must not exceed $1 million.
For the purposes of paragraph 453C(1)(b) of the Act, a period of 7 years is prescribed.
For the purposes of paragraph 453C(1)(c) of the Act, a period of 7 years is prescribed.
For the purposes of paragraph 453C(2)(b) of the Act, a prescribed circumstance is that:
the other company is a related body corporate of the company in relation to which the eligibility criteria are to be met; and
the other company is, or has been:
under restructuring; or
the subject of a simplified liquidation process; and
if subparagraph (b)(i) applies—the restructuring practitioner for the other company was appointed no more than 20 business days before the day on which the restructuring of the company in relation to which the eligibility criteria are to be met began; and
if subparagraph (b)(ii) applies—the other company began to follow the simplified liquidation process no more than 20 business days before the day on which the restructuring of the company in relation to which the eligibility criteria are to be met began.
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