Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The owner of unclaimed money may apply to the Registrar for payment of unclaimed money paid to the Registrar under section 12 or 14.
(2) An applicant bears the onus of establishing that the applicant is the owner of the unclaimed money to which the application relates.
(3) The Registrar may pay an applicant unclaimed money paid to the Registrar under section 12 or 14 if the Registrar is satisfied that the applicant is the owner of the unclaimed money.
(4) The Registrar is, following a payment of unclaimed money to an applicant under subsection (3), discharged from any further liability with respect to that unclaimed money.
(5) If a person (the subsequent claimant ), claims to be the owner of unclaimed money subsequent to a successful application made by a person (the first claimant ) for that unclaimed money under subsection (3), the subsequent claimant may have recourse against the first claimant for the unclaimed money paid to the first claimant by the Registrar.