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Cheques Act 1986

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Department of the Treasury

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C2016C01064 C12

21 October 2016 - 28 February 2017

Table of contents

Part I—Preliminary
Part II—Cheques
Part III—Negotiability of cheques
Part IV—Presentment and dishonour
Part V—Liabilities on cheques
- Division 1—Liabilities of parties
- Division 2—Discharge of liabilities of parties
Part VI—Duties and liabilities of financial institutions
- Division 1—The drawee institution
- Division 2—The collecting institution
  - 95 Protection of institution collecting cheque for customer or another institution
  - 96 Rights of institution collecting order cheque not indorsed by payee
Part VII—Special provisions relating to FCA institutions and agency cheques
- Division 1—Presentment and collection of cheques by FCA institutions
- Division 2—Agency cheques
  - 100 Agency cheques
  - 100A Unauthorised signature
Part IX—Miscellaneous
Endnotes