Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) To be effective for the purposes of this Act , a claim that a person is eligible for an advance for the person ' s employment by an employer must :
(a) be in a form approved by the Secretary; and
(b) be accompanied by any documents required by the Secretary; and
(c) be made in accordance with subsection ( 2), and with subsection ( 3) if it applies.
(2) The claim must be made before the end of 12 months after the later of the following events:
( a ) an insolvency event happens to the employer;
(b ) the person ' s emp loyment by the employer ends.
(3) However, i f the employer is or was a bankrupt, the claim must be or have been made before the discharge of the employer ' s bankruptcy.
(4) Despite subsection ( 1), the claim is not effective for the purposes of this Act if it is made after a claim (the earlier claim ) was made for a payment, under the scheme known as the General Employee Entitlements and Redundancy Scheme, connected with the person's employment by the employer.
(5) Subsection ( 4) does not apply if the earlier claim was rejected because an insolvency event had not happened to the employer before the commencement of this section.
Statutory declaration
(6 ) A claim form approved by the Secretary may provide for verification by statutory declaration of statements in the claim.