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Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012No. 159, 2012

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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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C2022C00007 C03

08 December 2021 - 13 October 2024

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
Part 2—Eligibility for advance
- Division 1—Conditions of eligibility for advance
  - Subdivision A—Basic conditions of eligibility
    - 10 Conditions of eligibility for advance
  - Subdivision B—Exclusions from eligibility
- Division 2—Claim for eligibility for advance
  - 14 Making an effective claim
  - 15 Secretary must decide effective claim
Part 3—Amount of advance
- Division 1—Working out the amount of an advance
- Division 2—Amounts for employment entitlements
Part 4—Payment of advance
- 28 Payment to eligible person or intermediary
Part 5—Recovery of advance
- Division 1—Recovery through winding up or bankruptcy
- Division 2—Recovery from person eligible for advance
  - 34 Recovery from person eligible for advance
Part 6—Administration
Part 7—Miscellaneous
Endnotes