{"id":"F2013L00525","name":"Fair Entitlements Guarantee (Extended operation of the Act in relation to GEON in Administration) Declaration 02/2013","slug":"fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":172768,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00525-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fair Entitlements Guarantee (Extended operation of the Act in relation to GEON in Administration) Declaration 02/2013","content":"Fair Entitlements Guarantee (Extended operation of the Act in relation to GEON in Administration) Declaration 02/2013\n\nFair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012, section 49\n\nI, WILLIAM RICHARD SHORTEN, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this declaration under section 49 of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012.\n\nDated on the 15th day of March 2013.\n\nWilliam Richard Shorten\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n1. Name of declaration\n\nThis declaration is the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (Extended operation of the Act in relation to GEON in Administration) Declaration 02/2013.\n\n2. Commencement\n\nThis declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3. Declaration\n\nThe Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012 applies in relation to persons who were employed, but are no longer employed, by:\n\n-   GEON Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed),\n-   GEON DM and Mailing Services Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed), and\n-   GEON Group Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators appointed) (together called ‘GEON’)\n\nwhich are entities in administration under the Corporations Act 2001.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1582},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration operates precisely as intended under section 49 of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Act 2012. It applies the existing statutory framework to specific named entities in administration without expanding, limiting, or otherwise altering the scope of the FEG scheme itself."},"complexity_factors":["Single operational provision extending existing statutory scheme","No defined terms or interpretation section","Specific naming of only three corporate entities","No conditional logic or nested exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This declaration allows former employees of three related companies (known collectively as 'GEON') to access the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) scheme, even though those companies are in administration rather than liquidation.\n\n**Why it matters:** Normally, the FEG scheme—which pays out unpaid wages, annual leave, and redundancy entitlements—only applies when a company is being liquidated (completely wound up). When companies are in administration (a temporary arrangement where administrators try to rescue the business or get a better return for creditors), employees usually cannot access FEG. This declaration makes a special exception for GEON employees, ensuring they can claim their unpaid entitlements despite the company's administration status.\n\n**Who is affected:** Former employees of:\n* GEON Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)\n* GEON DM and Mailing Services Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)  \n* GEON Group Australia Pty Ltd (Administrators Appointed)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl","history":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl/history","analysis":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/fair-entitlements-guarantee-extended-operation-of-the-act-in-relation-to-geon-in-administration-decl/documents"}}