Corporations Regulations 2001

If the liquidator has given notice in accordance with subregulation 5.6.65(1), the liquidator must:

within 14 days after the date shown in the notice; or

within such further period as ASIC allows;

before the end of that period:

admit a formal proof of debt or claim received by the liquidator; or

reject it; or

admit part of it and reject part of it; or

require further evidence in support of it; and

give notice of the liquidator’s decision to the creditor who submitted the proof.

If, within whichever period is applicable under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) or subregulation (3), the liquidator does not, in writing, deal with a formal proof of debt or claim in accordance with paragraphs (1)(c) and (d), the creditor who submitted the proof may apply to the Court for a decision on it.

If the liquidator gives notice to a creditor that further evidence is required in relation to a formal proof of debt or claim submitted by the creditor:

the liquidator must, in writing, deal with the formal proof of debt or claim in accordance with paragraphs (1)(c) and (d), within whichever period mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is applicable; and

that period must be taken not to have begun to run until the day on which the liquidator receives a sufficient written answer to his or her request.