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#### 16 Claims against liable entities in respect of revived liabilities
16 Claims against liable entities in respect of revived liabilities
> > (1) If extinguished civil liability is revived under this Division, a claim against a liable entity in respect of the liability becomes a payable liability of the entity.
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> > (2) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, order that a claim against a liable entity in respect of a specified liability or a liability of a specified class or description that is an extinguished civil liability revived under this Division is not a payable liability, and such an order has effect accordingly.
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> > (3) The Minister may make such an order before or after the liability concerned is revived under this Division.
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> > (4) If the Minister’s order is made to take effect after the liability is revived, the effect of the order is as follows—
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> > > (a) a claim against a liable entity in respect of the liability is a payable liability until the Minister’s order takes effect,
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> > > (b) the claim remains a payable liability after the Minister’s order takes effect but only for the purposes of and in connection with any proceedings commenced in respect of the claim before a court or other tribunal before the Minister’s order takes effect and only if those proceedings are pending immediately before the Minister’s order takes effect.
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> > (5) In this section, payable liability of a liable entity means a payable liability under and for the purposes of the [James Hardie Former Subsidiaries (Winding up and Administration) Act 2005](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2005-105).