Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION  

PART 5.2 - RECEIVERS, AND OTHER CONTROLLERS, OF PROPERTY OF CORPORATIONS  

Note: This Part applies to CCIVs with modifications: see Division 3 of Part 8B.6 .

SECTION 420A   CONTROLLER'S DUTY OF CARE IN EXERCISING POWER OF SALE  

420A(1)   [ Controller to take reasonable care]  

In exercising a power of sale in respect of property of a corporation, a controller must take all reasonable care to sell the property for:


(a) if, when it is sold, it has a market value - not less than that market value; or


(b) otherwise - the best price that is reasonably obtainable, having regard to the circumstances existing when the property is sold.

420A(2)   [ Effect of section on duties]  

Nothing in subsection (1) limits the generality of anything in section 180, 181, 182, 183 or 184.


 

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