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Ronwan Consolidation (Amendment) Act 2016

REPUBLIC OF NAURU


RONWAN CONSOLIDATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

No. 35 of 2016

An Act to amend the Ronwan Consolidation Act 2014 and in turn the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust Act 1968 to ensure the orderly and timely completion of the liquidation and winding-up of the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund administered by it, which commenced under the Ronwan Consolidation Act 2014.

Certified: 10th June 2016

Table of Contents

1 SHORT TITLE
2 COMMENCEMENT
3 AMENDMENT OF RONWAN CONSOLIDATION ACT 2014
4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 29
5 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 36 6 INSERT NEW SECTION 49
7 INSERT NEW SECTION 50


Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Ronwan Consolidation (Amendment) Act 2016.

2 Commencement

This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker.

3 Amendment of Ronwan Consolidation Act 2014

The Ronwan Consolidation Act 2014 ('the Act') is amended by the provisions of this Act.

4 Amendment of section 29

Section 29 of the Act is amended by inserting 'subject that in the event of an appointment of a Liquidator to Fund 2 under section 50 of this Act, the foregoing shall not apply and the provisions of section 209 of the Corporations Act 1972 shall apply mutatis mutandis to Fund 2' at the end of section 29.

5 Amendment of section 36

Section 36 of the Act is amended by inserting 'subject that in the event of an appointment of a Liquidator to the Trust under section 50 of this Act, the foregoing shall not apply and the provisions of section 209 of the Corporations Act 1972 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Trust' at the end of section 36.

6 Insert new section 49

A new section is inserted in the Act as follows:

49 Amendments to the Nauru Phosphate Royalties Trust Act 1968
The Nauru Phosphates Royalties Trust Act 1968 is amended as follows:

7 Insert new section 50

A new section is inserted in the Act as follows:

50 Liquidation
(1) The President may at any time prior to dissolution of the Trust name appoint a liquidator to aid in the liquidation of the Trust and the liquidation of the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund in accordance with this Act and thereafter the President may remove any liquidator appointed and may appoint another liquidator in place of any liquidator who has resigned or been removed.
(2) The President shall have full discretion as to the appointment of a liquidator to the Trust and Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund including regarding the selection of a liquidator, the fixing of the liquidators remuneration and the form and terms of appointment.
(3) Upon the appointment by President of a liquidator to the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund, the following provisions of Part IX of the Corporations Act 1972 shall apply to the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund mutatis mutandis and strictly for the purposes of such applicable provisions but for no other purpose, the Trust shall be deemed to be a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 1972:
Applicable Provisions of the Corporations Act 1972: ss. 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 175(1), 176, 177, 196, 197(1) & (3), 198, 200(1), 203, 204, 205 and 208.
(4) Strictly for the purposes of the applicable provisions of the Corporations Act 1972 enumerated under sub-section (3):
(5) The President shall have the power to direct the liquidator to provide such information and reports as the President shall consider fit.
(6) The President shall have the power at any time to stay the winding up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund on such terms and conditions as the President shall think fit.
(7) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund, all Ronwan capital entitlements of Beneficiaries, remaining unpaid as at the date of the initial appointment of a liquidator under subsection (1), shall be deemed to be debts owed by the Trust to such Beneficiaries.
(8) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund, any Ronwan Interest entitlements of Beneficiaries and Lifetime Interest Only Holders, remaining unpaid as at the date of the initial appointment of a liquidator under subsection (1), shall be deemed to be debts owed by the Trust to such Beneficiaries and Lifetime Interest Only Holders.
(9) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund:
(10) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund, the liquidator is empowered to use and apply any moneys or proceeds held by the liquidator in respect of the Trust in payment of any net-debt or net-liability or net- obligation owed by either Fund 3 or Fund 4 to Fund 2.
(11) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund, the debts deemed or described under subsections (7), (8) and (9) shall rank equally with any and all other debts due and owing to any creditors of the Trust which are either incurred or remain unpaid after the date of the initial appointment of a liquidator under subsection (1) and after payment of the costs, charges and expenses of the liquidator and the winding-up the remaining property and money of the Trust shall be applied in satisfaction of all such deemed debts and other debts in equal proportion.
(12) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund the Liquidator shall have the power to sell or dispose of and liquidate any assets and property whatsoever and wheresoever situate owned or held by NPRT on behalf of Fund 2, Fund 3 and/or Fund 4.
(13) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund the Liquidator shall have the power to exercise voting rights in respect of any company or body corporate controlled by the Trust to:
(14) For the purposes of the winding-up of the Trust and the Nauruan Land Owners Royalty Trust Fund the Liquidator shall have the powers specified under section 170 (c) (d) and (e) of the Corporations Act 1972 in the liquidators own right and not as an officer of the Court.


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