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In forceObjects of this Act
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3 Objects of this Act
The main objects of this Act are:
(a)
to provide for the Commonwealth to pay advances on account of unpaid employment entitlements of former employees of employers in cases where:
(i)
the employers are insolvent or bankrupt; and
(ii)
the end of the employment of the former employees was connected with that insolvency or bankruptcy; and
(iii)
the former employees cannot get payment of the entitlements from other sources; and
(b)
to allow the Commonwealth to recover the advances through the winding up or bankruptcy of the employers and from other payments the former employees receive for the entitlements.
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