Banking Act 1959
Part II
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Provisions relating to the carrying on of banking business
Division 2
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Protection of depositors
Subdivision AA
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Recapitalisation directions by APRA
This section applies if a body corporate is party to a contract, whether the proper law of the contract is:
(a) Australian law (including the law of a State or Territory); or
(b) law of a foreign country (including the law of part of a foreign country). (2)
None of the matters mentioned in subsection (3) allows the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the body corporate), to do any of the following:
(a) deny any obligation under the contract;
(b) accelerate any debt under the contract;
(c) close out any transaction relating to the contract;
(d) enforce any security under the contract. (3)
The matters are as follows:
(a) the body corporate being subject to a recapitalisation direction;
(b) if the body corporate is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate - another member of the group being subject to a recapitalisation direction.
SECTION 13N
Recapitalisation direction not grounds for denial of obligations
(1)
This section applies if a body corporate is party to a contract, whether the proper law of the contract is:
(a) Australian law (including the law of a State or Territory); or
(b) law of a foreign country (including the law of part of a foreign country). (2)
None of the matters mentioned in subsection (3) allows the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the body corporate), to do any of the following:
(a) deny any obligation under the contract;
(b) accelerate any debt under the contract;
(c) close out any transaction relating to the contract;
(d) enforce any security under the contract. (3)
The matters are as follows:
(a) the body corporate being subject to a recapitalisation direction;
(b) if the body corporate is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate - another member of the group being subject to a recapitalisation direction.
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