Section 1552 — Corporations Act 2001: Applications for registration under the old Act

(1) If, before the commencement day: (a) a person has applied for registration as a liquidator, or as a liquidator of a specified body corporate, under section 1279 of the old Act; and (b) the person’s application has not been refused; and (c) the person is not registered before the commencement day as a liquidator, or as a liquidator of a specified body corporate; the application is taken never to have been made and ASIC must refund any fee paid in relation to the application. (2) A person is registered as a liquidator, or as a liquidator of a specified body corporate, at a particular time if: (a) a certificate of registration as a liquidator or as a liquidator of a specified body corporate has been issued to the person under subsection 1282(6) of the old Act before that time; and (b) the day specified in the certificate as the day on which the registration would begin occurs before the day on which that time occurs.