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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 No. 50, 2001 - SECT 1242

Notice calling for claims against fund

(1) A futures organisation may cause to be published in a daily newspaper circulating generally in each State and Territory, a notice in the prescribed form specifying a date, not being earlier than 3 months after the publication of the notice, on or before which claims for compensation from the fidelity fund, in relation to the person specified in the notice, may be made. (2) A claim for compensation from a fidelity fund of a futures organisation in respect of a pecuniary loss must be made in writing to the futures organisation:

(a)
where a notice under subsection (1) has been published, on or before the date specified in the notice; or

(b)
where no such notice has been published, within 6 months after the claimant became aware of the pecuniary loss;

and a claim that is not so made is barred unless the futures organisation otherwise determines.

(3) A futures organisation, a member of a board of a futures organisation, or a member or employee of a futures organisation, has qualified privilege in respect of the publication of a notice under subsection (1).



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