Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the Federal Court orders the judicial management of a general insurer the Court must, by its order, appoint a judicial manager of the general insurer.
(1A) If, subsequent to that order, a situation arises where there is no judicial manager of the general insurer, or it appears to the Federal Court that it is likely that such a situation will arise, the Federal Court may appoint another judicial manager of the general insurer.
(1B) If the Federal Court appoints 2 or more judicial managers of a general insurer, or appoints one or more additional judicial managers of a general insurer:
(a) except to the extent (if any) specified in a declaration by the Federal Court under paragraph (b), the functions and powers under this Act of a judicial manager of the general insurer may be performed or exercised by:
(i) all of the judicial managers of the general insurer acting jointly; or
(ii) each of the judicial managers of the general insurer acting individually; and
(b) at the time of appointment, the Federal Court may make a declaration for the purposes of paragraph (a), specifying limits or conditions on the judicial managers' ability to perform functions and exercise powers jointly or individually; and
(c) treat a reference in this Act to a judicial manager as being a reference to whichever one or more of those judicial managers the case requires.
(2) The Federal Court may cancel the appointment of a judicial manager and appoint another person as judicial manager:
(a) on application by APRA; or
(b) of its own motion.
(3) APRA is entitled to be heard in proceedings before the Court for the cancellation of the appointment.