Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167:section:139zp
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00167
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 139ZP
Character Range: 491835–493124

139ZP  Employer not to dismiss or injure bankrupt because of giving of notice
 (1) If a notice under section 139ZL is given to the employer of the bankrupt, the employer must not dismiss the bankrupt, injure the bankrupt in his or her employment, or alter the position of the bankrupt to the bankrupt's prejudice, because of the giving of the notice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.
 (2) In a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1), it is not necessary for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant's reason for the action charged was the giving of the notice but it is a defence to the prosecution if the defendant proves that the action was not taken because of the giving of the notice.
 (3) If an employer is convicted of an offence against subsection (1) constituted by dismissing a bankrupt, the court that convicted the employer may order the employer:
 (a) to reinstate the bankrupt to the position that the bankrupt occupied immediately before the dismissal or a position no less favourable than the first‑mentioned position; and
 (b) to pay to the bankrupt the whole or part of the wages lost by the bankrupt because of the dismissal.

Subdivision J—Collection of money or property by Official Receiver from party to transaction that is void against the trustee