Release of Security Interest 8.1 This general condition applies if any part of the property is subject to a security interest to which the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) applies.
8.2 For the purposes of enabling the purchaser to search the Personal Property Securities Register for any security interests affecting any personal property for which the purchaser may be entitled to a release, statement, approval or correction in accordance with general condition 8.4, the purchaser may request the vendor to provide the vendor’s date of birth to the purchaser. The vendor must comply with a request made by the purchaser under this condition if the purchaser makes the request at least 21 days before the due date for settlement.
8.3 If the purchaser is given the details of the vendor’s date of birth under condition 8.2, the purchaser must –
(a) Only use the vendor’s date of birth for the purposes specified in condition 8.2; and
(b) Keep the date of birth of the vendor secure and confidential.
8.4 The vendor must ensure that at or before settlement, the purchaser receives –
(a) a release from the secured party releasing the property from the security interest; or
(b) a statement in writing in accordance with section 275(1)(b) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) setting out that the amount or obligation that is secured is nil at settlement; or
(c) a written approval or correction in accordance with section 275(1)(c) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) indicating that, on settlement, the personal property included in the contract is not or will not be property in which the security interest is granted.
8.5 Subject to general condition 8.6, the vendor is not obliged to ensure that the purchaser receives a release, statement, approval or correction in respect of personal property –
(a) that -
(i) the purchaser intends to use predominantly for personal, domestic or household purposes; and
(ii) has a market value of not more than $5000 or, if a greater amount has been prescribed for the purposes of section 47(1) of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), not more than that prescribed amount; or
(b) that is sold in the ordinary course of the vendor’s business of selling personal property of that kind.
8.6 The vendor is obliged to ensure that the purchaser receives a release, statement, approval or correction in respect of personal property described in general condition 8.5 if –
(a) the personal property is of a kind that may or must be described by serial number in the Personal Property Securities Register; or
(b) the purchaser has actual or constructive knowledge that the sale constitutes a breach of the security agreement that provides for the security interest.
8.7 A release for the purposes of general condition 8.4(a) must be in writing.
8.8 A release for the purposes of general condition 8.4
(a) must be effective in releasing the goods from the security interest and be in a form which allows the purchaser to take title to the goods free of that security interest.
8.9 If the purchaser receives a release under general condition 8.4
(a) the purchaser must provide the vendor with a copy of the release at or as soon as practicable after settlement.
8.10 In addition to ensuring that a release is received under general condition 8.4(a), the vendor must ensure that at or before settlement the purchaser receives a written undertaking from a secured party to register a financing change statement to reflect that release if the property being released includes goods of a kind that are described by serial number in the Personal Property Securities Register.
8.11 The purchaser must advise the vendor of any security interest that is registered on or before the day of sale on the Personal Properties Security Register, which the purchaser reasonably requires to be released, at least 21 days before the due date for settlement.
8.12 The vendor may delay settlement until 21 days after the purchaser advises the vendor of the security interests that the purchaser reasonably requires to be released if the purchaser does not provide an advice under general condition 8.11.
8.13 If settlement is delayed under general condition 8.12 the purchaser must pay the vendor –
(a) interest from the due date for settlement until the date on which settlement occurs or 21 days after the vendor receives the advice, whichever is the earlier; and
(b) any reasonable costs incurred by the vendor as a result of the delay - as though the purchaser was in default.
8.14 The vendor is not required to ensure that the purchaser receives a release in respect of the land. This general condition 8.14 applies despite general condition 8.1.
8.15 Words and phrases which are defined in the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) have the same meaning in general condition 8 unless the context requires otherwise.
Release of Security Interests Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, each Guarantor hereby consents and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that the rights of the Trustee hereunder, and the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, shall not be affected by any and all releases for any purpose of any collateral, if any, from the Liens and security interests created by any collateral document and that this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Indenture Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Trustee upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
