CORPORATIONS ACT 2001

CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL ADMINISTRATION  

PART 5.3A - ADMINISTRATION OF A COMPANY'S AFFAIRS WITH A VIEW TO EXECUTING A DEED OF COMPANY ARRANGEMENT  

Division 8 - Powers of administrator  

SECTION 442B   DEALING WITH PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CIRCULATING SECURITY INTERESTS  

Scope

442B(1)  
This section applies if a security interest in property (the secured property ) of a company under administration was a circulating security interest when the interest arose, but has stopped being a circulating security interest because:

(a) in the case of a PPSA security interest - the property has stopped being a circulating asset (within the meaning of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 ); or

(b) in the case of a security interest that was a floating charge when it arose - the floating charge has since become a fixed or specific charge.

Note 1: A circulating security interest can be either a PPSA security interest to which a circulating asset has attached, or a floating charge, in the circumstances set out in section 51C .

Note 2: For the meaning of circulating asset , see section 340 of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 .

Security interest in circulating asset

442B(2)  
Subject to sections 442C and 442D , in the case of a PPSA security interest, the administrator may deal with any of the secured property in any way the company could deal with the secured property immediately before it stopped being a circulating asset. Floating charge

442B(3)  
Subject to sections 442C and 442D , in the case of a security interest that was a floating charge when it arose, the administrator may deal with any of the secured property as if the security interest were still a floating charge.

Note: Section 442C deals with the disposal of encumbered property by an administrator. Section 442D makes the administrator ' s functions and powers subject to those of a secured party, receiver or controller.