Personal property securities legislation – overview of the legal framework
The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) creates a comprehensive national regime for personal property securities (PPS). Subject only to limited exceptions, security interests over personal property are primarily governed by the PPS Act. These securities range from fixed and floating charges over corporate assets, to share mortgages, to security interests over vehicles and aircraft, and to finance leases of plant and equipment. Common examples of personal property include tangible property such as motor vehicles (including caravans and trailers), water craft, artwork, crops and livestock, inventory, equipment, plant and machinery, and in-tangible property
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The PPS Act does not apply to interests in fixtures: s 8(1)(j). Legal practitioners should be aware that the PPS Act definition of fixture is not identical to the general law concept of a fixture. As a result, this may impact on determining the scope of PPS Act when advising on or related to an interest in fixture. See Power Rental Op Co Australia, LLC v Forge Group Power Pty Ltd (in liq) (receivers and managers appointed) [2017] NSWCA 8.
Legal practitioners should also be aware of the operation of s 8(1)(f)(i) of the PPS Act. This section provides that the PPS Act does not apply to the creation or transfer of an interest in land.
In practice, this means if a grantor grants a security interest over land alone, this security interest is not registrable (or will not be perfected by registration) on the PPS Register (PPSR), but this does not affect the state and territory based Torrens title system of registration, for example, the registration of a mortgage of land.
It is not correct to think that the PPS Act plays no role in the taking of real property security. Examples of how the PPS Act may interact with real property or real property security include:
• A common form of security is a General Security Agreement (GSA) granted by a grantor to a lender (the secured party) to secure all assets of the grantor including land. However, it as the PPS Act excludes interests in land, a PPSR
All the transactions even those which are not treated as a security interest will have to be treated the same. As a result, the levels of transparency and certainty on third parties would be improved. The PPS reforms have ensured that there is a national electronic register which will cater for all security interests in personal property. The register will be used as a notice board of the “registered personal securities” thus not providing conclusive evidence of priority.[15]
Subject to all restrictions, reservations conditions and exceptions as set forth in deeds forming the chain of title.
The proprietary right is protected by overriding interest under Section 70(1)(f) of Land Registration Act 1925 (LRA1925). Limitation Act 1980 stated requirement towards the squatter where he is in factual possession to the land for a period of 12 years continuously and is not objected by the land owner, he will obtain a title towards the land. However, Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002) brings changes towards this proprietary right where it provides a new set of rules which
Furthermore, the Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) also protects buyers as it forms the need for easements, covenant and it establishes a standard contract of sale. Those who seek shelter are further protected through the Torrens Title System, which overturns the Old System Title. The Torrens Title, introduced in the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) gives the owner a perfect title and is effective; it was an innovative initiative for the beginning of the twentieth century, adopted world-wide. These reviewed acts delineate the effectiveness of law reform in this area in protecting the rights of those who seek shelter, however there is no reform to completely protect against gazumping.
Subject to all restrictions, reservations and exceptions as set forth in deeds forming the chain of title.
• Whether the transfer of chattels and other personal property attached to the land were not fixtures under the general law definition.
In this case, Success Assets Pty Ltd (Success) borrowed money from Statewest Credit Society Ltd (Statewest) to purchase land, and the land was mortgaged as security. The plaintiff entered into a guarantee in favour of Statewest which secured the loan and all future loans from Statewest to Success. Success used money borrowed from Home Building Society Ltd (Home) to pay the loan from Statewest. Statewest’s rights under the guarantee (which includes those relating to future loans) and Home’s rights under the were transferred to the defendant, Bank of Queensland (BOQ).
Tex. Prop. Code Ann. § 13.001(a) (West 2015). However, an unrecorded deed may be binding “….on a subsequent purchaser who
Only a governmental entity (or a private entity that has been granted the powers of eminent domain) have the authority to take property from a private citizen, and even then the taking must be pursuant to a stated public use. Examples of public use include pipelines and roadways. State and Federal governmental agencies are given the power of eminent domain when the purpose meets the test for a public need.
Property-the taking clause protects other property interest besides land and interests in land. The clause has been held to cover takings of personal property, liens, trade secrets, and contract rights.
S124(1) states that a company can (f) grant a security interest over the co’s property.
Assessment of the Statement that Property is a Power Relationship Between People Property is the right to possess, enjoy or use a determinant thing, and includes the right of excluding others from doing the same. The concept of ownership or property has no single or widely accepted definition. Like any other concept it has great weight in public discourse and the popular usage varies broadly. Property is frequently conceived as a 'bundle of rights and obligations.' Property is stressed as not a relationship between people and things, but a relationship between people with regard to things.
Being one of the most extensive law reforms of the Law Commission, Land Registration Act 2002 aims to create a flawless legal framework for land registration, especially in terms of conveyancing with emphasis on overriding interests and adverse possession. It is agreed that the Land Registration Act 2002 (hereafter LRA 2002), by putting emphasis on strict registration, moved the idea of land ownership from ownership by possession to bureaucratization of title via registration. Therefore, LRA 2002 is said to bring further strictness and clarity to land ownership and subsequent conveyancing. In conjunction, LRA 2002 was expected to bring an “e-conveyancing revolution” to land registration which was awaited to be a major success. Although steps are taken towards this development, it is claimed that there is still long way to go before a complete and problem-free e-conveyancing system. Apart from matters relating to conveyancing, LRA 2002 consists of sections regarding overriding interests where their number and scope are widely reduced with specifications of registration introduced. Moreover, the Act includes strictly drafted provisions about adverse possession, aiming to bring further restrictions to this matter by bringing further difficulties to the acquisition of title and therefore shifting from a squatter prone approach to a registered owner supporting view.
Real Property Act 1886 (SA) ss119 and ss119A, state that a lease for less than one year does not need to be registered and that the registered owners title (Charlie) will be subject to the tenants interests, meaning that a lease (less than a year) is an exception (s. 69(h)) to indefeasibility under the Real Property Act but after the 12 months Charlie can take possession of the house by terminating the lease, which ends anyway, he has a reversion subject to the lease. Also as the lease is not registered the right to renew after 12 months is not protected in any case under the act. The lease is a legal interest even though it is not registered.
The Land Registration Act (LRA) 1925 has drawn much flak over the years with regards to one of its most important provisions on overriding interests (OI), which often goes unnoticed until it swoops up and takes priority over the rights of a future purchaser. These interests often come in the form of other occupiers in the property with an equitable interest and, like in the case of Boland , this leaves the lender in a tight spot when they find out about the existence of these interests only after they have initiate proceedings for possession against the defaulting borrowers. Due to the other occupier’s concealed nature on the property register, the lenders have regained their footing by applying the concept of overreaching and ….. The Law Commission, on the other hand, contemplated abolishing these interest altogether but did not go to that extent because it was neither feasible nor desirable Instead, they shrank their impact on land by reforming the operation and scope of the OI. With LRA 2002 sch 3 para 2, lenders now have more control over what may bite them. …. This essay will access…. with a focus on how the lending world have dealt with the implications of Boland…. The best way to access the impact of … would be to go through the pre – post blabla to show how the thing has balanced.