Companies Act 2014 section 643

Notifications and filings of appointments and removals

Section 643 sets out the notification and filing requirements that must be followed when a liquidator is appointed or removed during a winding up.

• When a liquidator is appointed or removed at a meeting, the chairperson must immediately give written notice to the liquidator and, in the case of a removal, also notify the Registrar using the prescribed form
• Where a court order appoints or removes a liquidator, the applicant (or a prescribed court officer if the court acted on its own motion) must immediately notify the liquidator in writing, and a court officer must furnish the order details to the Registrar
• The Registrar must forward copies of all such notices and particulars to the Corporate Enforcement Authority
• Failure to comply with these notification obligations is a category 3 offence, although this penalty does not apply to the Registrar or prescribed court officers