Security Interests
(Jersey) Law 2012
A LAW to make provision about
security interests in intangible movable property and about assignments of
receivables.
Adopted by the
States 19th July 2011
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 10th July 2012
Registered by the
Royal Court 27th
July 2012
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
PART 1
interpretation
1 Definitions
In this Law, unless the context otherwise
requires –
“account debtor” means the person owing the monetary obligation under a
receivable;
“administration of the States” includes department of the States;
“assign”
means sell (or otherwise transfer for value) otherwise than by way of security;
“assignee”
in relation to a receivable means a person to whom the receivable is assigned;
“assignor”
in relation to a receivable means a person who assigns the receivable;
“attach”,
in relation to a security interest, is defined by virtue of Article 17;
“collateral” means intangible movable property that is subject to a security
interest;
“control”
has the meaning set out in Article 3;
“country” includes any state, territory, province, or other part of a
country;
“deposit account” means a current, deposit, or other, account maintained with
a bank, or another deposit-taking institution, and evidencing a
depositor’s right to the payment of money;
“documentary intangible” means a negotiable instrument or negotiable investment
security;
“event of default”, in relation to a security agreement, means –
(a) the
failure to pay or otherwise to perform the obligation secured under the
security agreement when due; or
(b) an
event that, under the security agreement, gives the secured party the right to
enforce the security;
“financing change statement” means the data required or authorized by or under this Law
to be entered in the register in respect of any transfer, assignment,
subordination, discharge, amendment or other action or matter in respect of a
security interest, or assignment of a receivable, that has already been
registered;
“financing statement” means the data required or authorized by or under this Law
to be entered in the register to effect the registration of a security interest
or of an assignment of a receivable;
“grantor”
means the person who grants a security interest, whether or not the person is
also the obligor in relation to the obligation secured by the security
interest;
“intangible movable property” means a documentary intangible or any other movable property
that does not consist of goods, money or documents of title to goods, and
includes cash that is not money;
“intermediary” means a person who maintains for others, or both for others
and on his or her own account, registers or accounts to which investment
securities may be credited or debited, but does not include a person
who –
(a) acts
as registrar or transfer agent for the issuer of investment securities;
(b) records
in the person’s own books details of investment securities credited to
securities accounts maintained by an intermediary for other parties for whom the
person acts as manager or otherwise in a purely administrative capacity; or
(c) maintains
registers or accounts in the capacity of operator of a settlement system;
“investment security” means –
(a) an
investment specified in any of paragraphs 1 to 8 and 10 of Schedule 1
to the Financial Services (Jersey) Law 1998[1];
(b) a
unit in a unit trust not already referred to in paragraph (a); or
(c) an
interest in an investment referred to in paragraph (a) or in a unit
referred to in paragraph (b),
and –
(i) includes
anything referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that is held with an
intermediary;
(ii) includes
a right relating to anything referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); and
(iii) excludes
money received in respect of anything referred to in paragraph (a), (b),
(c), (i) or (ii);
“investment security held with an
intermediary” means the rights of an
account holder resulting from a credit of the relevant investment security to a
securities account;
“Jersey company” means a company, or other person who is not an individual,
registered or otherwise formed in Jersey;
“Jersey individual” means –
(a) in
relation to an individual who has one or more places of business, an individual
whose only or principal place of business is Jersey; or
(b) in
relation to an individual who does not have a place of business, an individual
whose only or principal residence is in Jersey;
“Minister”
means the Minister for Economic Development;
“money”
means currency authorized as a medium of exchange by the law of Jersey or of
any other country;
“negotiable instrument” means –
(a) a
bill of exchange or promissory note; or
(b) any
other writing that evidences a right to payment of money and is of a kind that,
in the ordinary course of business, is transferred by delivery with any
necessary endorsement;
“negotiable investment security” means an investment security that by law or usage is
transferable by delivery or by delivery and endorsement;
“obligor”
means a person who owes payment or performance of an obligation secured by a
security interest, whether or not the person is the grantor of the security
interest;
“Order”
means Order made under this Law by the Minister;
“original collateral” means collateral from which
proceeds are derived;
“perfect” is defined by virtue of Article 21;
“perfected by registration”, in relation to a security interest or an assignment of a
receivable, means perfected by virtue of the registration of a financing
statement in respect of the security interest or the assignment of the
receivable, respectively;
“prescribed” means prescribed by Order;
“proceeds”
means identifiable or traceable property, being intangible movable property in
which the grantor of a security interest acquires an interest and that is
derived directly or indirectly from a dealing with the collateral that is
subject to the security interest or from a dealing with the proceeds of such collateral,
and includes –
(a) a
right to an insurance payment or other payment as indemnity or compensation for
loss (or reduction in value) of collateral; and
(b) a
right to an insurance payment or other payment as indemnity or compensation for
loss (or reduction in value) of proceeds of collateral,
but does not include interest, dividends or other income derived
from collateral;
“purchase”
means acquisition for value, whether by sale, lease, discount, assignment,
negotiation, mortgage, pledge, lien, issue, reissue, or any other consensual
transaction, that creates an interest in intangible movable property;
“purchase money security interest” means –
(a) a
security interest taken in collateral by a seller to the extent that it secures
the obligation to pay all or part of the collateral’s purchase price; or
(b) a
security interest taken in collateral to the extent that it secures an
obligation to repay part or all of so much of any value (being value given to
the grantor for the purpose of enabling the grantor to acquire rights in the
collateral) as is in fact applied to acquire those rights;
“receivable” means a monetary entitlement, whether or not earned by
performance, arising from –
(a) the
supply of goods or services (other than insurance services); or
(b) the
supply of energy,
but does not include a loan, a deposit account or a right to payment
embodied in a negotiable instrument or an investment security;
“the register” means the register maintained under Part 8;
“to register” means –
(a) in
respect of a financing statement or a financing change statement, to enter in
the register;
(b) in
respect of a security interest, to make the subject of a financing statement
that is entered in the register or of a financing change statement that is
entered in the register;
(c) in
respect of an assignment of a receivable, to make the subject of a financing
statement that is entered in the register or of a financing change statement
that is entered in the register; or
(d) in
respect of any transfer, assignment, subordination, discharge, amendment, or
other action or matter, in respect of a security interest or assignment of a
receivable, to make the subject of a financing statement, or financing change
statement, that is entered in the register;
“registrar” means the registrar referred to in Article 60;
“secured party” means a person who holds a security interest for the
person’s own benefit or for the benefit of another person, or for the
benefit of both;
“securities account” –
(a) means
an account maintained by an intermediary, being an account to which investment
securities may be credited or debited; and
(b) includes
a reference to the investment securities so credited;
“security agreement” means an agreement that creates or makes provision for a
security interest, and includes –
(a) an
agreement that varies, renews or extends a security agreement; and
(b) writing
that evidences a security agreement;
“security interest” means an interest in intangible movable property, being an
interest that, under a security agreement, secures payment or performance of an
obligation;
“settlement system” means a system for the holding and transfer of investment
securities on records of the issuer or other records that constitute the
primary record of entitlement to investment securities as against the issuer;
“temporarily perfected”, in relation to a security interest, means temporarily
perfected in accordance with Part 3;
“transfer”
includes an assignment and a novation, whether by way of security or otherwise;
“value”
means money, or money’s worth, sufficient to support an onerous contract,
that is, a contrat à titre onéreux,
no matter by whom the money or money’s worth is provided, and includes an
antecedent debt or liability;
“verification statement” means a statement served under Article 64(2);
“writing” includes –
(a) the
recording of words in a permanent and legible form;
(b) the
recording of words by electronic means in such a way that they can be retrieved
and read; and
(c) the
display of words, by any form of electronic or other means of communication,
that is subsequently recorded by electronic means in such a way that they can
be retrieved and read.
2 Successors
included
For the avoidance of doubt, a reference in this Law to a grantor,
obligor or secured party includes a reference to a successor or assign of,
respectively, the grantor, obligor or secured party.
3 Meaning of “control”
(1) A
secured party has control of collateral in any of the circumstances set out in paragraphs (3)
to (6).
(2) For
the purposes of this Article any right of the grantor to substitute equivalent
collateral or withdraw excess collateral does not of itself mean that collateral
is not under the control of the secured party.
(3) A
secured party has control of a deposit account if –
(a) the
deposit account is transferred into the name of the secured party with the
written agreement of the grantor and the bank, or other institution, with which
the deposit account is held;
(b) the
grantor, the secured party and the bank or other institution have agreed in writing
that the bank, or other institution, with which the deposit account is held will
comply with instructions from the secured party directing the disposition of
funds in the deposit account;
(c) the
deposit account is assigned (by way of security) to the secured party by
instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of the grantor and notice of the
assignment is given in writing to the bank, or other institution, with which
the deposit account is held; or
(d) the
secured party is the bank, or other institution, with which the deposit account
is held.
(4) A
secured party has control of a securities account maintained by an intermediary
if –
(a) the
securities account is transferred into the name of the secured party with the
written agreement of the grantor and of the intermediary;
(b) the
grantor, the secured party and the intermediary have agreed in writing that the
intermediary will comply with instructions from the secured party directing the
disposition of investment securities credited to the securities account; or
(c) the
secured party is the intermediary.
(5) A
secured party has control of an investment security (being an investment
security that is represented by a certificate and is not a bearer security) if
he or she is registered with the issuer of the security as holder of the
security or is in possession of the certificate.
(6) A
secured party has control of an investment security (being an investment
security that is not represented by a certificate) that is held in a settlement
system if –
(a) the
operator of the system, on the written instructions of the person who is
registered in the system as holder, has credited the investment security to a
sub-account in the holder’s own name and the holder has given the secured
party a power of attorney over the investment security;
(b) the
operator of the system is, on the written instructions of the person who is
registered in the system as holder, permitted to effect a transfer of title in
the investment security only on the instructions of the secured party;
(c) entry
in a written register maintained by or on behalf of the operator of the system
determines legal title and the secured party is entered in the register as the
holder; or
(d) entry
in a written register maintained by or on behalf of the issuer of the security
determines legal title and the secured party is entered in that register as the
holder.
(7) For
the avoidance of doubt, a secured party may for the purposes of this Article
have control of something because another person has control of the thing for
or on behalf of the secured party, whether as trustee or in some other
capacity.
PART 2
scope OF LAW
4 Application
of Law
This Law applies (except as provided in Article 95 and Schedule 2)
only to the following –
(a) security
interests created, after Part 3 comes into force, in –
(i) one
or more documentary intangibles situated in Jersey,
(ii) one
or more directly-held non-negotiable investment securities listed on a register
maintained –
(A) in Jersey,
(B) by a Jersey company, or
(C) by a Jersey individual,
(iii) one
or more investment securities held through a securities account with an
intermediary where the account is maintained in Jersey,
(iv) one
or more deposit accounts maintained in Jersey, or
(v) intangible
movable property not referred to in any of sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv),
where an account debtor (or other person) owing to the grantor payment or other
performance of an obligation relating to the intangible movable property is a
Jersey company or a Jersey individual;
(b) an
assignment, after Part 6 comes into force, of a receivable payable by a Jersey
company or a Jersey individual;
(c) an
interest, or transaction, prescribed by Order for the purposes of this Article.
5 Parties
may agree that Law applies to agreement
(1) If
2 or more persons reach agreement that, in their relations with each other,
this Law shall apply to an agreement (whether or not it is the same as the
first-mentioned agreement) –
(a) to
which those persons are parties;
(b) that
relates to intangible movable property; and
(c) that
creates or makes provision for a security interest in that property, being a
security interest that would, except for the operation of Article 4, be a
security interest to which this Law applies,
nothing in this Law shall prevent this Law from so applying.
(2) For
the avoidance of doubt, an agreement that –
(a) created
or made provision for a continuing security interest (within the meaning of Schedule 2);
and
(b) has
not been amended after Part 3 came into force,
is an agreement that satisfies paragraph (1)(b) and (c).
(3) For
the purposes of this Article, the intangible movable property referred to in paragraph (1)(b)
may be situated anywhere in the world.
6 Security
interests in own obligation
To avoid doubt, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this
Law –
(a) a
bank, or other deposit-taking institution, that has an obligation to pay money
to a depositor in respect of a deposit account held by the bank or institution;
or
(b) an
intermediary that has an obligation to deliver or transfer securities, or money,
cheques or drafts, to the holder of a securities account, or deposit account, with
the intermediary,
may take a security interest from the depositor, or holder of the
account, in its own such obligation.
7 Secured
party with title to collateral
The fact that the secured party and not the grantor may hold title
to collateral under a security agreement shall not affect the application of
any provision of this Law relating to rights, obligations, or remedies, under
or in respect of the agreement.
8 Interests
excluded
This Law shall not apply to or in respect of, or affect, any of the
following interests –
(a) a
lien, charge, or other interest in intangible movable property, created by any
other enactment or by the operation of any rule of law;
(b) any
right of set-off, netting, or combination of accounts;
(c) any
interest prescribed by Order for the purposes of this Article.
9 Transactions
excluded
This Law shall not apply to an interest created or provided for by
any of the following transactions –
(a) a
transfer of an unearned right to payment under a contract to a person who is to
perform the transferor’s obligations under the contract;
(b) a
transfer of present or future wages, salary, pay, commission, or any other
compensation for labour or personal services of an employee;
(c) an
assignment for the general benefit of creditors of the person making the
assignment;
(d) a
transfer of a right to damages in tort;
(e) an
assignment of receivables made solely to facilitate the collection of the
receivables on behalf of the person making the assignment;
(f) an
assignment of a single receivable or negotiable instrument in whole or in
partial satisfaction of a pre-existing indebtedness;
(g) an
assignment of receivables as part of a sale of a business, unless the seller
remains in apparent control of the business after the sale;
(h) an
assignment (whether or not by way of security), mortgage, or assignment (by way
of security) of a mortgage, of a ship or vessel, or of any share of a ship or
vessel;
(i) a
transfer or other transaction by way of security in respect of a fishing quota
or fishing entitlement;
(j) a
sale coupled with a repurchase;
(k) stock
lending or securities lending;
(l) any
transaction prescribed by Order for the purposes of this Article.
10 Subordination
agreements
(1) For
the purposes of this Law, an agreement (“a subordination
agreement”) between creditors of the same obligor, under which one
creditor (“the junior creditor”) subordinates his or her rights as
such a creditor to the rights of another of those creditors (“the senior
creditor”) as such a creditor, does not create or provide for a security
interest unless the agreement expressly provides that it does so.
(2) For
the purposes of this Law, where –
(a) a
subordination agreement exists; and
(b) it,
or a further agreement, provides that sums received by the junior creditor from
the obligor shall –
(i) be transferred to
the senior creditor, and
(ii) after being so
received and before being so transferred, be held on trust for the senior
creditor,
no security interest in favour of the senior creditor is created or
provided for unless it is expressly created, or expressly provided for, by
agreement.
11 Loi (1880) sur la propriété foncière
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in –
(a) the
Loi (1880) sur la propriété foncière; or
(b) the
rule of law donner et retenir ne vaut,
shall affect the validity of a security interest.
12 Exclusive
application of this Law
After Part 3 comes into force, no security interest to which this
Law applies may be created under the law of Jersey except in accordance with
this Law.
13 Capacity
to give security under foreign law
(1) In
this Article –
“foreign law” means any law other than the law of
Jersey;
“person” means a person having the capacity to create a
security interest under this Law;
“property” means (despite anything in this Part) all
property, whether tangible or intangible, vested, contingent or future, and
whether or not regarded by the law of Jersey as immeubles,
and includes choses in action.
(2) If
at any time on or after 5th April 1983 (including any time after this
Article comes into force) a person that is –
(a) incorporated,
resident or domiciled in Jersey;
(b) a
limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability
Partnerships (Jersey) Law 1997; or
(c) a
separate limited partnership registered under the Separate Limited Partnerships
(Jersey) Law 2011[2],
gives security governed by foreign law over property situated
outside Jersey, the person giving the security shall (without prejudice to the
person’s actual capacity, if any, at any time) be deemed to have had
capacity to give it under the law of Jersey.
14 Notice
and knowledge
(1) Registration
of a financing statement or financing change statement shall not constitute
constructive notice of the existence of the statement (or constructive notice
of its contents) to any person, or constructive knowledge of the existence of
the statement (or constructive knowledge of its contents) by any person.
(2) Any
priority under this Law of a perfected security interest, or of a perfected
assignment of a receivable, over a security interest applies even if the
first-mentioned security interest was acquired, or the assignment of the
receivable was made, with actual knowledge of the last-mentioned security
interest.
(3) Any
priority under this Law of a perfected security interest in a receivable, or of
a perfected assignment of a receivable, over an assignment of a receivable
applies even if the security interest was acquired, or the first-mentioned
assignment was made, with actual knowledge of the last-mentioned assignment of
the receivable.
PART 3
attachment and perfection
15 Security
interest created by agreement
(1) A
security interest to which this Law applies may only be created by agreement.
(2) For
the avoidance of doubt –
(a) a
security interest in the nature of a hypothec may be created over intangible
movable property; and
(b) a
security interest may be created by the parties to a security agreement to
secure the obligation of a third party.
(3) Except
as otherwise provided by this Law or any other enactment, a security agreement,
and any security interest created by a security agreement, shall be effective
according to the terms of the agreement and enforceable as –
(a) between
the parties to the agreement;
(b) against
purchasers of the collateral;
(c) against
creditors of the grantor;
(d) against
the Viscount (or a liquidator or administrator); and
(e) against
third parties generally.
(4) A
security interest is extinguished in accordance with the provisions of the
agreement by which it was created, by subsequent agreement between the parties
to that agreement, by release of the collateral, or by the operation of this
Law or any other enactment.
16 Description
of proceeds not required for enforceability against third parties
Except as otherwise provided in this Law, a security interest in
proceeds shall be enforceable against a third party whether or not the security
agreement contains a description of the proceeds.
17 Attachment:
effect
The effect of the attachment of a security interest to collateral is
that the security interest becomes enforceable against the grantor and with
respect to the collateral.
18 Attachment:
general rule
(1) Except
as provided in Articles 19 and 20, a security interest attaches to
collateral under a security agreement at the time when the following 3 conditions
are satisfied –
(a) value
has been given in respect of the security agreement;
(b) the
grantor has rights in the collateral, or the power to grant rights in the
collateral to a secured party;
(c) one
or both of the following clauses are satisfied –
(i) there is possession
or control of the collateral by the secured party or on the secured
party’s behalf by a person other than the grantor or obligor,
(ii) the security
agreement is in writing signed by or on behalf of the grantor and contains a
description of the collateral that is sufficient to enable the collateral to be
identified,
or instead at a later time that the parties to the security
agreement have determined by that or another agreement.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article, a description of collateral is sufficient to
enable the collateral to be identified if the description is –
(a) a
description of the collateral by item;
(b) a
description of the collateral by type;
(c) a
statement that the security agreement covers all present and future collateral;
or
(d) a
statement that the security agreement covers all present and future collateral
except for specified items or types, and the collateral is not within those
exceptions.
(3) For
the purposes of this Article, the attachment of a security interest to
collateral is not affected just because the grantor retains, in the absence of
a contrary direction from the secured party, the right to deal with the
collateral free from the security interest and without a duty to account for
the proceeds or to replace the collateral.
19 After-acquired
property
(1) A
security agreement may provide for a security interest in after-acquired
property.
(2) Subject
to any agreement to the contrary between the parties to a security agreement,
the relevant security interest attaches to after-acquired property on the
acquisition by the grantor of rights in the property and without the need for
specific appropriation of the property by the grantor.
(3) An
assignment of a future receivable vests the receivable in the assignee on the
acquisition of the receivable by the assignor and without the need for specific
appropriation by the assignor.
(4) In
this Article, “after-acquired property” means intangible movable property that is acquired by a grantor
after a security agreement is entered into by the grantor.
20 Investment
securities: automatic attachment and perfection in favour of intermediary
(1) A
security interest in favour of an intermediary attaches to a person’s
investment securities held with the intermediary, and is perfected, if –
(a) the
person buys the investment securities through the intermediary in a transaction
in which the person is under an obligation to pay the purchase price to the
intermediary on or before the purchase; and
(b) the
intermediary credits the investment securities to the buyer’s securities
account before the buyer pays the intermediary.
(2) The
security interest secures the buyer’s obligation to pay for the
investment securities.
21 Perfection:
general
(1) Except
as otherwise provided in this Law, a security interest is perfected when both
of the following conditions are satisfied –
(a) the
security interest has attached; and
(b) any
further steps required under this Law for perfection have been completed.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1), the order in which those conditions are
satisfied makes no difference.
(3) An
assignment of a receivable is perfected by registration.
22 Perfection
by possession, control or registration
(1) Possession
of collateral by the secured party, or on the secured party’s behalf by a
person other than the grantor or obligor, perfects a security interest in
collateral that is a documentary intangible.
(2) In paragraph (1),
possession means possession of the relevant negotiable instrument or of the
certificate embodying the right to the relevant negotiable investment security.
(3) Control
of collateral by the secured party, or on the secured party’s behalf by a
person other than the grantor or obligor, perfects a security interest in
collateral of any of the kinds referred to in paragraphs (3) to (6)
of Article 3.
(4) Registration
perfects a security interest in any type of collateral except investment
securities to which a security interest has attached as referred to in Article 20.
(5) Subject
to Article 23, perfection by possession, control or registration continues
only while the possession, control or registration (respectively) is
maintained.
23 Continuity of perfection where later perfection in another way
A security interest is continuously perfected if –
(a) the
security interest is perfected in one way;
(b) the
security interest is subsequently perfected in another way; and
(c) there
is no intervening period during which the security interest is unperfected.
24 Continuation
of security interests in proceeds
Except as otherwise provided in this Law, a security interest in
collateral that is dealt with or otherwise gives rise to proceeds –
(a) continues
in the collateral, unless the secured party expressly or impliedly authorized
the dealing; and
(b) extends
to such of the proceeds as are capable, according to Part 2, of being the
subject of a security interest to which this Law applies.
25 Continuous
perfection of security interests in proceeds
A security interest in proceeds is a continuously perfected security
interest in proceeds if –
(a) the
security interest in the original collateral is perfected by registration of a
financing statement that contains a description of the proceeds that would be
sufficient to perfect a security interest in original collateral of the same
kind; or
(b) the
security interest in the original collateral is perfected by registration of a
financing statement that contains a description of the original collateral, and
the proceeds –
(i) are
of a kind that is within the description of the original collateral,
(ii) are
of a kind that is capable, according to Part 2, of being the subject of a
security interest to which this Law applies and are acquired before the expiration
of 30 days after the security interest in the original collateral attached
to them,
(iii) are
cash proceeds, or
(iv) consist
of a right to an insurance payment or other payment as indemnity or
compensation for loss (or reduction in value) of the collateral or proceeds of
the collateral.
26 Temporary
perfection of security interests in proceeds
A security interest in proceeds is temporarily perfected until the
expiration of 30 days after the security interest in the original
collateral attached to the proceeds, if –
(a) the
security interest in the original collateral is perfected; and
(b) the
security interest in the proceeds is not continuously perfected under Article 25.
27 Temporary
perfection: negotiable instrument or investment security returned to grantor
A security interest in a negotiable instrument or an investment
security is temporarily perfected until the expiration of 30 days after
the secured party made the negotiable instrument or investment security
available to the grantor, if –
(a) the
security interest was perfected by possession or control;
(b) the
security interest was, immediately before the negotiable instrument or
investment security was made available to the grantor, still perfected; and
(c) the
secured party gave possession or control of the negotiable instrument or
investment security to the grantor for sale, exchange, presentation,
collection, renewal, or registration of a transfer.
28 Perfection
under this Law if collateral moved to Jersey
(1) This
Article applies to a security interest created under the law of a jurisdiction
other than Jersey if –
(a) the
collateral was situated in that other jurisdiction at the time when the
security interest attached;
(b) this
Law would have applied to the security interest if the collateral had instead been
situated in Jersey at that time; and
(c) the
collateral has been moved to Jersey since that time.
(2) If
the security interest was a perfected security interest under the law of the
other jurisdiction when the collateral was moved to Jersey –
(a) the
security interest shall be temporarily perfected (as from the time of its
perfection under the law of the other jurisdiction) by virtue of this paragraph
until the expiration of 30 days after the day on which the collateral was
moved to Jersey;
(b) the
security interest may be perfected under this Part; and
(c) if
the security interest is perfected under this Part within the 30 days
referred to in sub-paragraph (a), that perfection shall be as from the
time of the perfection of the security interest under the law of the other
jurisdiction.
(3) If
the security interest was not a perfected security interest under the law of
the other jurisdiction at the time when the collateral was moved to Jersey –
(a) the
security interest may be perfected under this Part; and
(b) that
perfection shall be as from the time of the perfection of the security interest
under this Part.
PART 4
PRIORITY in general
29 Priority
when Law provides no other way of determining priority
(1) Where
this Law provides no other way of determining priority the following rules
apply –
(a) a
perfected security interest has priority over an unperfected security interest
in the same collateral;
(b) a
perfected assignment of a receivable has priority over an unperfected
assignment of the same receivable or an unperfected security interest in the
same receivable;
(c) a
perfected security interest in a receivable has priority over an unperfected
assignment of the same receivable;
(d) except
in the case set out in sub-paragraph (f), priority among perfected
security interests in the same collateral (where perfection has been
continuous) goes to the security interest in relation to which any of the
following events first occurred –
(i) a financing
statement was registered,
(ii) the secured
party, or another person on the secured party’s behalf, took possession
or control of the collateral,
(iii) the security interest
was temporarily perfected in accordance with this Law;
(e) except
in the case set out in sub-paragraph (f), priority among perfected
assignments of receivables (where perfection has been continuous) goes to the
assignment in relation to which a financing statement was first registered;
(f) if
collateral is a receivable and there are one or more perfected security
interests in the receivable and one or more perfected assignments of the
receivable, priority among those interests (whether security interests or
assignments), where perfection has been continuous, goes to the interest in
relation to which either of the following events first occurred –
(i) in the case of a
security interest or assignment, a financing statement was registered,
(ii) in the case of a
security interest, the interest was temporarily perfected in accordance with
this Law;
(g) priority
among unperfected security interests in the same collateral is to be determined
by the order of attachment of the security interests;
(h) priority
among unperfected assignments of the same receivable is to be determined by the
order in which the assignments occurred;
(i) if
collateral is a receivable and there are one or more unperfected security
interests in the receivable and one or more unperfected assignments of the
receivable, priority among those interests (whether security interests or
assignments) is to be determined by the order of events, where an event is
either the attachment of a security interest or an assignment, as each case
requires.
(2) For
the purposes of paragraph (1), a continuously perfected security interest
or assignment of a receivable is to be treated at all times as perfected by the
method by which it was originally perfected.
30 Special
priority rules for certificated investment securities, securities accounts and
deposit accounts
(1) This
Article governs priority between conflicting security interests in the same investment
security (being an investment security represented by a certificate), the same securities
account or the same deposit account.
(2) A
security interest under which a secured party has possession or control of such
an investment security, control of a securities account or control of a deposit
account has priority over a security interest under which a secured party does
not have that possession or control.
(3) Conflicting
security interests under which each secured party has possession or control of such
an investment security, control of a securities account or control of a deposit
account, rank according to the order in which possession or control was
acquired.
(4) Conflicting
security interests granted by an intermediary rank equally if under those
security interests no secured party has control.
(5) A
security interest held by an intermediary in a securities account maintained in
the name of the obligor with the intermediary, or held by a bank or other
deposit-taking institution in a deposit account maintained in the name of the
obligor with the bank or other institution, has priority over a conflicting
security interest held by another party.
(6) In
all other cases, priority between conflicting security interests in the same investment
security (being an investment security represented by a certificate), the same
securities account or the same deposit account is governed by Article 29.
31 Priority
where security interest transferred
(1) A
security interest that is transferred has the same priority as it had
immediately before the transfer.
(2) If
the same security interest is transferred more than once by the same secured
party, priority in the security interest goes –
(a) if
a transferee has possession or control of the collateral, to the transferee who
has possession or control of the collateral; or
(b) if
no transferee has possession or control of the collateral, to the transferee whose
transfer is the transfer in relation to which a financing statement or financing
change statement was first registered.
32 Voluntary
subordination
(1) A
secured party may, in a security agreement or otherwise, subordinate the
secured party’s security interest to any other interest.
(2) An
agreement to subordinate a security interest to another interest is effective
according to its terms between the parties to the agreement.
(3) However,
a transferee of a subordinated security interest is not bound by an agreement referred
to in paragraph (2) unless, at the time of the transfer –
(a) a
financing statement or financing change statement has been registered in
respect of the subordination;
(b) the
transferee is a party to the agreement referred to in paragraph (2); or
(c) the
agreement transferring the security interest provides otherwise.
33 Future
advances and priorities in relation to future advances
(1) A
security agreement may provide that the obligations secured under it may
include obligations as to future advances.
(2) A
security interest shall not be extinguished by re-payment of a current advance
if the security agreement makes provision as referred to in paragraph (1),
unless the parties have agreed otherwise.
(3) A
security interest relating to obligations as to advances and future advances has
the same priority in respect of all advances whether or not they are made under
an obligation.
(4) In
this Article –
“advance” –
(a) means
the payment of money, the provision of credit, or the giving of other value;
and
(b) includes,
to the extent that the agreement for that payment, provision or giving so
specifies, any liability of the debtor to pay interest, credit costs, or other
charges or costs in connection with that payment, provision or giving or in
connection with the creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of any
security interest securing the advance;
“debtor” means the person who is the debtor in relation
to an advance;
“future advance” means an advance made pursuant to a
security agreement after the initial advance made pursuant to the agreement.
34 Priority
of purchase money security interest
A security interest in intangible movable property or its proceeds
has priority over another security interest in the same collateral given by the
same grantor if –
(a) the
first-mentioned security interest is a purchase money security interest and the
other is not; and
(b) the
first-mentioned security interest is perfected not later than 30 days after the
day on which it attached.
PART 5
taking free
35 Taking
collateral free of unperfected security interests
A person who acquires collateral for value takes the collateral free
of an unperfected security interest in the collateral, unless the unperfected
security interest was created or provided for by a transaction to which the person
was a party.
36 Creditor
who receives payment of debt takes free
(1) A
creditor who receives payment of a debt owing by an obligor through an
obligor-initiated payment takes that payment free of any security interest in
the following –
(a) the
funds paid;
(b) any
intangible that was the source of the payment;
(c) any
negotiable instrument used to effect the payment.
(2) Paragraph
(1) applies whether or not the creditor had knowledge of the security interest
at the time of the payment.
(3) Paragraph (1)
does not apply if the creditor, in receiving payment as referred to in that
paragraph, acts in collusion with the obligor to defeat the rights of the
person who has the security interest referred to in that paragraph.
(4) In paragraph (1),
“obligor-initiated payment” means a payment made by the obligor
through the use of –
(a) a
negotiable instrument;
(b) an
electronic funds transfer; or
(c) a
debit, a transfer order, an authorization, or a similar written payment
mechanism executed by the obligor when the payment was made.
37 Holder
of negotiable instrument
Nothing in this Law affects the law in relation to the rights of a
person who is a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument.
38 Purchaser
of investment security takes free
(1) If –
(a) a
person gives value for an investment security represented by a certificate; and
(b) the
person takes possession of the certificate,
the person takes the investment security free of any security
interest in the investment security in favour of another party even if the
person knows of such a security interest.
(2) However,
paragraph (1) does not apply if, at the time when the person agrees to
acquire the investment security, the person knows that its disposition to the
person would be in breach of the security agreement that created the security
interest.
(3) In
a case to which Article 30 does not apply, if –
(a) a
person gives value for an investment security held with an intermediary; and
(b) the
investment security held with the intermediary is transferred to a securities
account held in the person’s name with the same or another intermediary,
the person takes the investment security held with the intermediary free
of any security interest, in the investment security held with the intermediary,
in favour of another party even if the person knows of such a security
interest.
(4) However,
paragraph (3) does not apply if, at the time when the person agrees to
acquire the investment security, the person knows that its disposition to the
person would be in breach of the security agreement that created the security
interest.
PART 6
assignments of receivables
39 Effect
of restriction on assignment (whether or not by way of security)
(1) A
term in a contract that prohibits or restricts the assignment of one or more
receivables, in the case of assignment in breach of the prohibition or
restriction –
(a) is
binding on the assignor, but only to the extent of making the assignor liable
in damages for the breach;
(b) is
ineffective as against the assignee; and
(c) does
not affect the validity of the assignment.
(2) In
this Article, “assignment” means assignment whether or not by way
of security.
40 Account
debtor’s duty (where assignment not by way of security)
(1) An
account debtor under a receivable is bound by the assignment of the receivable,
and has a duty to make payment to the assignee, only if –
(a) the
account debtor has been given notice of the assignment in writing by or with
the authority of the assignor; and
(b) the
notice identifies the account assigned and requires the account debtor to pay
the assignee.
(2) Payment
to the assignor of an assigned receivable discharges the account debtor under
the receivable (to the extent of the payment) only if made without the account
debtor’s knowledge of the assignment.
(3) In
this Article, “assignment” means assignment otherwise than by way
of security.
41 Rights
of assignee of receivable (whether or not assignment is by way of security)
(1) The
rights of an assignee of a receivable are subject to –
(a) any
defences to the assigned claim, being defences that the account debtor under
the receivable could have asserted against the assignor;
(b) any
rights of set-off, being rights that the account debtor could have asserted
against the assignor in respect of claims against the assignor –
(i) accruing before
the account debtor acquired knowledge of the assignment, or
(ii) closely connected
with the assigned claim.
(2) Paragraph (1)(a)
does not apply if the account debtor has entered an enforceable agreement not
to assert defences to claims arising out of the relevant contract.
(3) In
this Article, “assignment” means assignment whether or not by way
of security.
PART 7
ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTERESTS
42 Interpretation
In this Part, except Article 43, a reference to collateral
includes a reference to its proceeds.
43 Enforcement
(1) The
power of enforcement in respect of a security interest shall become exercisable
when –
(a) an
event of default has occurred in relation to the security agreement that
created or made provision for the security interest; and
(b) the
secured party has served on the grantor written notice specifying the event of
default.
(2) A
secured party may exercise the power of enforcement in respect of a security
interest by doing any of the following in relation to the collateral that is
subject to such security interest, or in relation to any proceeds of that
collateral –
(a) appropriating
the collateral or proceeds;
(b) selling
the collateral or proceeds;
(c) taking
any of the following ancillary actions –
(i) taking control or
possession of the collateral or proceeds,
(ii) exercising any
rights of the grantor in relation to the collateral or proceeds,
(iii) instructing any person
who has an obligation in relation to the collateral or proceeds to carry out the
obligation for the benefit of the secured party;
(d) applying
any remedy that the security agreement provides for as a remedy that is exercisable
pursuant to the power of enforcement, to the extent that the remedy is not in
conflict with this Law.
(3) The
secured party may do more than one of the things set out in paragraph (2)
to the extent that those things are not in conflict.
(4) This
Article does not prevent the secured party from taking such other action in
respect of the collateral as is permitted by the security agreement and is not
in conflict with this Law, whether before or after the power of enforcement
becomes exercisable.
44 Notice
of appropriation or sale of collateral
(1) A
secured party who, under this Part, appropriates collateral shall, not less
than 14 days before appropriating the collateral, give written notice to
the following persons –
(a) the
grantor;
(b) any
person who, 21 days before the appropriation, has a registered security
interest in the collateral;
(c) any
person other than the grantor who has an interest in the collateral and has,
not less than 21 days before the appropriation, given the secured party
notice of that interest.
(2) A
secured party who, under this Part, sells collateral shall, not less than
14 days before selling the collateral, give written notice to the
following persons –
(a) the
grantor;
(b) any
person who, 21 days before the sale, has a registered security interest in
the collateral;
(c) any
person other than the grantor who has an interest in the collateral and has,
not less than 21 days before the sale, given the secured party notice of
that interest.
(3) Paragraph
(2) does not apply to the extent that –
(a) the
collateral is a quoted investment security, or anything else prescribed for the
purposes of this paragraph;
(b) the
secured party believes on reasonable grounds that the collateral will decline
substantially in value if it is not disposed of within 14 days after the relevant
event of default; or
(c) for
any other reason, the Royal Court orders, on an ex
parte application, that notice need not be given under paragraph (2).
(4) If
the secured party and another person have agreed in writing in one or both of
the following terms –
(a) that
notice need not be given under this Article to the other person;
(b) for
notice under this Article to be given to the other person within a period
different from that specified in this Article,
this Article shall, in relation to that person, have effect subject
to that term or those terms.
45 Methods
of sale of collateral
(1) A
secured party may effect a sale of collateral under this Part by auction,
public tender, private sale, or another method.
(2) A secured
party is not prevented by this Part from buying collateral that the secured
party sells under this Part.
46 Duty
to obtain fair valuation or fair price
(1) A
secured party who appropriates collateral under this Part owes a duty –
(a) to
take all commercially reasonable steps to determine the fair market value of
the collateral, as at the time of the appropriation; and
(b) to
act in other respects in a commercially reasonable manner in relation to the appropriation.
(2) A
secured party who sells collateral under this Part owes a duty –
(a) to
take all commercially reasonable steps to obtain fair market value for the
collateral, as at the time of the sale;
(b) to
act in other respects in a commercially reasonable manner in relation to the
sale; and
(c) to
enter any agreement for or in relation to the sale only on commercially
reasonable terms.
(3) A
duty under this Article is owed to the following persons –
(a) the
grantor;
(b) any
person who has a security interest in the collateral in the following
circumstances –
(i) a financing
statement relating to the security interest has, not less than 21 days
before the appropriation or sale, been registered, and
(ii) the registration remains
effective immediately before the appropriation or sale;
(c) any
person, other than the grantor, who has an interest in the collateral and has,
not less than 21 days before the appropriation or sale, given the secured
party written notice of that interest.
47 Extinction
of subordinate security interests on appropriation or sale
If collateral is appropriated or sold under this Part, all security
interests in the collateral and its proceeds that are subordinate to the
security interest of the secured party who appropriated or sold the collateral
shall be extinguished on the appropriation or sale of the collateral.
48 Secured
party to give statement of account to grantor and others
If collateral is appropriated or sold by a secured party under this
Part after an event of default, the secured party shall, within the 14 days
after the day on which the collateral is appropriated or sold, give each of the
persons referred to in Article 49(1)(a) to (c) a statement of account in
writing, showing –
(a) the
gross value realized by virtue of the appropriation or the amount of the gross
proceeds of sale;
(b) the
amount of the secured party’s reasonable costs incurred in relation to
the appropriation or sale (being the costs referred to in Article 51(2)
or (3) respectively);
(c) the
amount of any other reasonable expenses incurred by the secured party in
enforcing the security agreement after the event of default;
(d) the
net value of the collateral, or net proceeds, referred to in Article 51(2)
or (3) respectively; and
(e) the
surplus owing by, or debt owing to, the secured party, as the case may be.
49 Distribution
of surplus
(1) If
a secured party has appropriated, or sold, collateral under this Part, the
secured party shall pay the following persons the amount of any resulting surplus
by satisfying the claims of those persons in the following order –
(a) first
any person who has a subordinate security interest in the collateral and has
registered a financing statement over that security interest (where the
registration remained effective immediately before the appropriation or sale);
(b) then
any other person (other than the grantor) who has given the secured party
notice that that person claims an interest in the collateral and in respect of
which the secured party is satisfied that that person has a legally enforceable
interest in the collateral;
(c) finally
the grantor.
(2) Where
2 or more persons have subordinate security interests to which paragraph (1)(a)
applies, they shall be paid in the order of priority of those security interests
as determined under Part 4.
(3) The
application of paragraph (1) to a security interest is not affected by the
extinction of the security interest under Article 47.
50 Surplus
may be paid into court
(1) The
secured party may alternatively discharge its obligation under Article 49 to
pay any amount of resulting surplus by paying that amount into the Royal Court.
(2) The
surplus may then only be paid out if the Royal Court so orders on application by
a person entitled to the surplus.
(3) That
entitlement shall be determined in accordance with Article 49.
51 When
does a surplus exist?
(1) For
the purposes of Articles 49 and 50, there is a resulting surplus if –
(a) a
secured party has appropriated the collateral under this Part, and the net value
of the collateral exceeds –
(i) the amount of the
debt owed to the secured party by the obligor (where the collateral secures
payment), or
(ii) the monetary
value of the obligation owed to the secured party (where the collateral secures
performance of a non-monetary obligation); or
(b) a
secured party has sold the collateral under this Part, and the net proceeds of
the sale exceed –
(i) the amount of the
debt owed to the secured party by the obligor (where the collateral secures
payment), or
(ii) the monetary
value of the obligation owed to the secured party (where the collateral secures
performance of a non-monetary obligation).
(2) In paragraph (1)(a),
“net value of the collateral” means the value of the collateral,
minus the secured party’s reasonable costs incurred (for example, the
cost of having the collateral valued) of, and incidental to, the appropriation.
(3) In paragraph (1)(b),
“net proceeds” means the proceeds of the sale minus the secured
party’s reasonable costs incurred in, and incidental to, taking
possession or control of, holding, valuing, and preparing the sale of, and
selling, the collateral.
52 Court
may facilitate realization of collateral
The Royal Court may, on application by the secured party when an event
of default occurs in relation to a security agreement, make any of the
following orders if it appears to the Court reasonably necessary to do so in
order to make it possible or practicable for the secured party to exercise his
or her rights under this Part –
(a) an
order for delivery of collateral to the secured party;
(b) an
order transferring collateral into the name of the secured party;
(c) an
order vesting title to the collateral in the secured party free of the right of
redemption or reinstatement under Article 54;
(d) an
order enforcing an instruction given under Article 43(2)(c)(iii);
(e) any
other order.
53 Effect
of disposal of collateral to purchaser for value and in good faith
(1) A
purchaser, for value and in good faith, of collateral appropriated or sold by a
secured party takes the collateral free from the following interests –
(a) the
interest of the grantor;
(b) any
interest subordinate to that of the grantor;
(c) any
interest subordinate to that of the secured party.
(2) Paragraph
(1) applies whether or not –
(a) there
has been compliance with this Part in relation to the collateral; or
(b) registrations
relating to security interests that are subordinate to the security interest of
the secured party appropriating or selling the collateral have been removed from
the register.
54 Entitled
persons may redeem collateral; grantor may reinstate agreement
(1) Paragraphs
(2) and (4) apply at any time before a secured party under a security agreement
appropriates the relevant collateral under this Part, enters into any agreement
to sell the collateral under this Part, or has otherwise acted irrevocably in
relation to the collateral, after an event of default.
(2) A person
who is listed in Article 44(1)(a) to (c) or (2)(a) to (c) may redeem the
collateral by –
(a) tendering
fulfilment of the obligations secured by the collateral; and
(b) paying
a sum equal to the reasonable costs incurred referred to in Article 51(2)
or (3), as the case requires, and any other reasonable expenses incurred by the
secured party in enforcing the security agreement after the event of default.
(3) The
grantor’s right to redeem the collateral has priority over any other
person’s right to redeem the collateral.
(4) The
grantor may reinstate the security agreement by –
(a) paying
any sums actually in arrears in relation to the security agreement;
(b) otherwise
remedying anything that is an event of default under the security agreement;
and
(c) paying
a sum equal to the reasonable costs of seizing, holding, processing, and
preparing the collateral for appropriation, or sale, under this Part (if those
expenses have actually been incurred by the secured party) and any other
reasonable expenses incurred by the secured party in enforcing the security
agreement.
(5) Paragraph
(4) shall apply subject to –
(a) the
security agreement; and
(b) any
written agreement between the secured party and the grantor entered into after
the relevant event of default.
55 Limit
on reinstatement of security agreement
Unless otherwise agreed, the grantor is not entitled to reinstate a
security agreement –
(a) more
than twice, if the security agreement provides for payment in full by the grantor
not later than one year after the day on which value was given by the secured
party in respect of the agreement; or
(b) more
than twice in each year, if the security agreement provides for payment by the grantor
during a period greater than one year after the day on which value was given by
the secured party in respect of the agreement.
56 Secured
party’s powers not affected by insolvency
If the grantor of a security interest becomes bankrupt or the
grantor or the grantor’s property is subjected, whether in Jersey or
elsewhere, to any other judicial arrangement or proceeding consequent upon
insolvency, that shall not affect the power of a secured party to appropriate
or sell collateral, or otherwise act in relation to collateral, under this Part.
57 Certain
provisions of Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Law 1990 not affected
(1) Except
as provided by Article 59 and paragraph (2), nothing in the law
relating to bankruptcy (including the Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Law 1990[3]) affects the operation of
this Law.
(2) However,
nothing in this Law affects the operation of Articles 14(1), 17, 17A
or 17B of the Bankruptcy (Désastre) (Jersey) Law 1990.
58 Certain
provisions of Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 not affected
(1) Except
as provided by paragraph (2), nothing in the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991[4] affects the operation of
this Law.
(2) However,
nothing in this Law affects the operation of Articles 2A(7), 127(3), 176(3), 176A(2)
or 179(5) of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991.
59 Limited
avoidance of security interest or assignment in case of bankruptcy
(1) In
the case of the bankruptcy of the grantor of a security interest, the security
interest is void as against the Viscount (or liquidator) and the grantor’s
creditors unless the security interest is perfected before the grantor becomes
bankrupt.
(2) In
the case of the bankruptcy of the assignor of a receivable, the assignment of the
receivable is void as against the Viscount (or liquidator) and the assignor’s
creditors unless the assignment is perfected before the assignor becomes
bankrupt.
PART 8
REGISTRation
60 Appointment
of registrar
(1) The
registrar of companies under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 shall be the
registrar for the purposes of this Law.
(2) The
registrar shall –
(a) for
the purposes of this Law, maintain a register; and
(b) have
such other functions as are prescribed by or under this Law.
(3) A
reference in the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 to functions of the registrar
under that Law shall include a reference to the functions of the registrar
under this Law.
61 Register
The register shall consist of –
(a) financing
statements and financing change statements; and
(b) such
other matter as is authorized or required by or under this Law to be entered or
registered in the register.
62 Contents
of registration
(1) Registration
of a security interest, or of an assignment of a receivable, or of any transfer,
assignment, subordination, discharge, amendment or other action or matter in
respect of a security interest or assignment of a receivable, shall consist of
such data, in such form, as the Minister may prescribe by Order.
(2) In
the absence of any such Order, or to the extent that such an Order is silent on
any matter, the registration shall consist of such details as the registrar may
reasonably require or permit.
63 Timing
and other formalities
(1) A
financing statement may be registered before or after –
(a) the
security agreement is made to which the financing statement relates;
(b) the
assignment of a receivable occurs to which the financing statement relates; or
(c) the
security interest has attached, being the security interest created by the security
agreement to which the financing statement relates.
(2) A
financing statement or financing change statement may relate to one or more
security agreements or assignments of receivables.
(3) The
registrar may refuse to register a financing statement or a financing change
statement, or may cause registration of it to be refused –
(a) if
the data in it are not in such form as would enable the data to become an entry
that meets the requirements of Article 62; or
(b) if
the fee required by the registrar is not paid for its registration.
64 Registration
(1) A
financing statement or financing change statement is taken to be registered at
the time when –
(a) a
registration number, date and time have been given to the statement in the
register; and
(b) the
statement and information relating to it are stored in durable form and readily
capable of being searched and read.
(2) The
registrar shall serve, or cause to be served, a verification statement, as soon
as reasonably practicable after a financing statement or financing change
statement has been registered.
(3) The
verification statement shall –
(a) give
notice of the fact that the financing statement or financing change statement
has been registered and of the time and date of the registration; and
(b) be
served on the applicant for registration of the financing statement or
financing change statement.
65 Applicant
to pass on verification statement
The applicant for registration of a financing statement or financing
change statement shall, not later than 30 days after the day on which the
verification statement was served on the applicant, serve a copy of the
verification statement on the person shown in the register as grantor in
relation to the relevant security interest or on the person shown in the
register as assignor of the relevant receivable, unless that person has in
writing waived the right to receive it or that person is the applicant.
66 Registration
invalid only if seriously misleading
(1) The
validity of the registration of a financing statement or financing change
statement is not affected by any defect, irregularity, omission, or error in
the entry relating to the registration unless the defect, irregularity,
omission, or error is seriously misleading.
(2) Without
limiting the operation of paragraph (1), a registration is invalid if
there is a seriously misleading defect, irregularity, omission, or error, in
any name, or registration number, required by or under Article 62 in
respect of the registration.
(3) In
order to establish that a defect, irregularity, omission, or error is seriously
misleading, it is not necessary to prove that any person has actually been
misled by it.
(4) Failure
to include a sufficient description of collateral in a financing statement or
financing change statement shall not affect the validity of the registration of
the statement to the extent that the statement relates to other collateral in
respect of which a sufficient description has been included in the statement.
67 Duration
of registration
Except as otherwise provided in this Law or in an Order, the
registration of a financing statement or financing change statement shall be
effective until the first of the following events occurs –
(a) in
any case, the registration of the statement is discharged, or removed from the
register;
(b) if
a duration, or expiry date, for its registration is provided for in the
statement, the period expires or the date arrives;
(c) if
no duration, or expiry date, for its registration is provided for in the
statement, the period of 10 years expires, being the 10 years that
begin on the day on which and at the time at which the statement was
registered.
68 Renewal
of registration
(1) However,
the registration of a financing statement or financing change statement may be
renewed by registering a financing change statement in respect of the earlier
registration at any time while the earlier registration is effective.
(2) Except
as otherwise provided in this Law or in an Order, renewal shall extend the
period for which the earlier registration is effective so that it is instead
effective until the first of the following events occurs –
(a) in
any case, the registration of the later statement is discharged, or removed
from the register;
(b) if a
duration, or expiry date, for its registration is provided for in the later statement,
the period expires or the date arrives;
(c) if
no duration, or expiry date, for its registration is provided for in the later statement,
the period of 10 years expires, being the 10 years that begin on the
day on which and at the time at which the later statement was registered.
69 Registration
reflecting transfer where prior registration
(1) A
financing change statement may be registered if –
(a) all
or part of a security interest that is perfected by registration has been
transferred; or
(b) all
or part of a receivable that has been the subject of a perfected assignment has
been further assigned.
(2) If
a security interest in part, but not all, of a collateral is transferred, the
financing change statement that may be so registered shall include a
description of that part of the collateral.
70 Registration
reflecting transfer where no prior registration
(1) If
a secured party with a security interest that is not perfected by registration
transfers the security interest, a financing statement may be registered in
which the transferee is disclosed as the secured party.
(2) If
the assignee of a receivable subject to an unperfected assignment assigns the
receivable, a financing statement may be registered in which the new assignee
is disclosed as the assignee.
71 Registration
of transfer may be made any time
A financing change statement or financing statement, as the case may
be, relating to a transfer of a security interest or the further assignment of
a receivable may be registered before or after the transfer or further
assignment.
72 Transferee becomes secured party or assignee
(1) After
the registration of a financing change statement disclosing the transfer of a
security interest, the transferee of the security interest shall become, for
the purposes of this Law, the secured party in respect of the security
interest.
(2) After
the registration of a financing change statement disclosing the further
assignment of a receivable that had been the subject of an assignment, the
further assignee shall become, for the purposes of this Law, the assignee in
respect of the receivable.
73 Registration to reflect subordination
If a security interest or assignment of a receivable has been
subordinated to the interests of a person other than the secured party or
assignee, a financing change statement may be registered in relation to the
subordination at any time during the period when registration of the security
interest or of the assignment of the receivable is in force.
74 Voluntary amendment or discharge of registration
(1) A
discharge of a registration or an amendment to a registration may be effected
by registering a financing change statement at any time during the period when
the first-mentioned registration is in force, whether or not the discharge, or the
amendment, of the registration is specifically provided for in this Part.
(2) Only
the person named in the registration as secured party may register that
statement in respect of a security interest, and only the person named in the
registration as assignee may register that statement in respect of an
assignment of a receivable.
(3) A
discharge or amendment so effected shall be effective from the time when the
financing change statement is registered.
75 Demand
for registration of financing change statement
(1) The
person named as grantor in a registration of a security interest, or any person
with an interest in property that falls within a collateral description
included in a registration of a security interest, may serve a written demand
to the effect specified in paragraph (2) on the person named as secured
party in the registration if –
(a) all
of the obligations under the relevant security agreement have been performed;
(b) the
person named as secured party in the registration has agreed to release part or
all of the collateral described in the registration;
(c) the
collateral described in the registration includes an item or kind of property
that is not collateral under the relevant security agreement;
(d) no relevant
security agreement exists between the parties named in the registration, and
the person named in the registration as the secured party has not entered an
agreement to give value, being an agreement that is to be secured by the
relevant security agreement; or
(e) the
security interest has been extinguished in accordance with this Law.
(2) The
demand is that the person named as secured party in the registration register a
financing change statement within the 30 days after the day on which the demand
is served –
(a) discharging
the registration in a case referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (d) or (e);
(b) amending
or discharging the registration so as to reflect the terms of the agreement in
a case referred to in paragraph (1)(b); or
(c) amending
the collateral description to exclude items or kinds of property that are not
collateral under the agreement in a case referred to in paragraph (1)(c).
(3) The
person named as grantor in the registration of the assignment of a receivable may
serve on the person named in the registration as assignee of the receivable a
demand to the effect specified in paragraph (4) if –
(a) the
debt has been discharged; or
(b) no
assignment between the 2 persons has in fact occurred.
(4) The
demand is that the person named as assignee in the registration register a
financing change statement, within the 30 days after the day on which the
demand is served, discharging the registration.
76 Procedure
where no compliance with demand
(1) A
person who has served a demand under Article 75 may apply to the registrar
for the registration of a financing change statement to the effect referred to
in Article 75(2) or (4) if the party on whom the demand under Article 75
was served –
(a) has
not complied with the demand within the 30 days after the day when it was
served; and
(b) has
not, within those 30 days, served on the person and on the registrar
notice of objection to the registration of a financing change statement to that
effect.
(2) If,
on such an application, the registrar is satisfied of the matters specified in paragraph (1)(a)
and (b), the registrar shall register the financing change statement.
77 Court
order
(1) A
person who has served a demand under Article 75 may apply to the Royal
Court for an order requiring the registrar to register a financing change
statement to the effect referred to in Article 75(2) or (4) if the party
on whom the demand under Article 75 was served –
(a) has
not complied with the demand within the 30 days after the day when it was
served; and
(b) has,
within those 30 days, served on the person and on the registrar notice of
objection to the registration of a financing change statement to that effect.
(2) If,
on such an application, and after examining the objection, the Royal Court is not
satisfied that the objection is justified and is satisfied that it is in the
interests of justice to make the order applied for, the Court may make the
order applied for.
(3) The
Royal Court may make such other order as it thinks proper for the purpose of
giving effect to an order made under paragraph (2).
78 No
fee for compliance with demand
A party on whom a demand is served under Article 75 shall not
charge any fee for compliance with the demand, unless the party and the person
serving the demand otherwise agree.
79 Registration
to be automated
(1) A
function that is required or permitted by or under this Law to be performed by
or under the authority of the registrar in relation to the register shall, to
the extent that it does not require the exercise of discretion on the
registrar’s part, be carried out by an automated system.
(2) The
system shall –
(a) allow
a person to apply directly on the system for automatic registration of a
financing statement or financing change statement;
(b) allow
fees to be paid, being fees referred to in Article 90;
(c) reject
incomplete or informal applications;
(d) store
financing statements and financing change statements in durable form as a
register;
(e) store
other data required or permitted by or under this Law to be stored in relation
to the register;
(f) issue
a verification statement;
(g) allow
a person to search the register directly;
(h) produce
search reports; and
(i) allow
a person to do such other things as are required or permitted by or under this
Law to be done by the person in relation to the register.
(3) Nothing
in this Article prevents the imposition by the registrar of reasonable
conditions for the use of the system.
80 Removal of data from register
(1) Data
in a registration may be removed from the register –
(a) when
the registration is no longer effective; or
(b) to
the extent of the discharge of the registration.
(2) Data
in a registration may be removed from the register if the registrar is
satisfied that the data are frivolous or vexatious.
(3) The
registrar shall, before he or she makes a decision that he or she is satisfied
as referred to in paragraph (2), take reasonable steps to serve on the person
named in the registration as secured party (in the case of a security interest)
or assignee (in the case of the assignment of a receivable) notice to show,
within the 30 days after the day when those steps are complete, that the
data are not frivolous or vexatious.
(4) If
the person so named fails within those 30 days to show to the
registrar’s satisfaction that the data are not frivolous or vexatious,
the registrar may, in the registrar’s discretion, remove the data from
the register.
81 Restoration
of registration
(1) If
data in a registration are removed from the register in accordance with Article 80(4),
the Royal Court may, on the application of the person referred to in that
paragraph, make an order directing that the data be restored to the register if
it is satisfied that the data are neither frivolous nor vexatious.
(2) The
Royal Court may make such other order as it thinks proper for the purpose of
giving effect to an order made under paragraph (1).
(3) The
registrar (and any other person to whom an order under this Article is
directed) shall comply with the order.
(4) The
registrar may restore data to the register (or restore a registration that has
been discharged) if it appears to the registrar that the data have been
incorrectly removed from the register (or the registration incorrectly
discharged) because of an administrative or clerical error made by or under the
authority of the registrar.
(5) A
registration to which data have been restored (or a registration restored) under
this Article shall be regarded as having continued in force as if the relevant
data had not been removed from the registration (or the relevant registration
had not been discharged).
(6) However,
the operation of paragraph (4) or (5) in relation to a registration is
subject to any order that the Royal Court may make on application by a person
named in the registration immediately before the removal of data (or discharge
of registration) or by any other person who would be affected by the
restoration of the data (or of the registration).
82 Correction
of errors or omissions
The registrar may, with the consent of the person named in a
registration as secured party (in the case of a security interest) or assignee
(in the case of the assignment of a receivable), correct any administrative or
clerical error, or an administrative or clerical omission, made by or under the
authority of the registrar in the registration.
83 Access
to register
(1) The
public shall be entitled to make searches of the register and to obtain written
reports setting out the information in the register relevant to those searches.
(2) The
registrar shall make the register reasonably accessible to the public for the
purposes of allowing the operation of the system referred to in Article 79,
searches to be made and any other requirements of this Law to be met.
84 Printed
search result as evidence
A printed search result that purports to be issued by or under the
authority of the registrar shall be admissible as evidence and is, in the
absence of evidence to the contrary, proof of the registration of any financing
statement or financing change statement to which the search relates, including –
(a) the
date and time of registration of the statement; and
(b) the
order of registration of the statement as indicated by the registration number
(if any), or date and time, set out in the printed search result.
PART 9
MISCELLANEOUS
85 Secured
party to provide information
(1) The
grantor in respect of a security interest may require the secured party to provide
the grantor free of charge with any of the following –
(a) a
copy of the security agreement;
(b) a
statement in writing of the amount of the indebtedness under the security
agreement and of the terms of payment of the indebtedness;
(c) a
description of the collateral under the security agreement.
(2) Subject
to paragraph (3), a secured party shall comply with a requirement under paragraph (1)
within the 30 days after the day when notice of the requirement is served on
the secured party.
(3) A
secured party may satisfy a requirement under paragraph (1)(c) by –
(a) requiring
(within the 30 days referred to in paragraph (2)) the grantor to
provide a list or description of the collateral; and
(b) having
received the list or description, providing the grantor, within 30 days
after the receipt of the list or description, with the secured party’s
approval or corrections of that list or description.
(4) Paragraph (1)(c)
does not apply if the security interest extends over all of the grantor’s
intangible movable property.
(5) Paragraph (1)
does not apply if the copy, statement, or description, required is, or is
required to be, available under any other enactment or rule of law to the
person who made the requirement.
(6) A
person who fails to comply with this Article shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.
86 Exemption
from Article 85
(1) The
Royal Court may, on application by a secured party, make an order exempting the
secured party from compliance with a requirement made under Article 85 in
whole or in part if the Court is satisfied that, in the circumstances, it would
be unreasonable for the secured party to have to comply in whole or in part
with the requirement.
(2) The
Royal Court may, on application by a secured party, make an order extending the
time for compliance with a requirement made under Article 85 if the Court
is satisfied that, in the circumstances, it would be unreasonable for the
secured party to have to comply with the requirement within the 30 days
after the day on which he or she is served with notice of the requirement.
(3) The
Royal Court may make such other order as it thinks proper for the purpose of
giving effect to an order made under paragraph (1) or (2).
(4) Article 85
shall not apply to the extent of any exemption by order of the Royal Court under
this Article.
(5) The
application of an expression of time in Article 85 is subject to any extension
of that time by order of the Royal Court under this Article.
(6) Article 85
shall not apply in such circumstances as the Minister may by Order prescribe.
87 Order
for compliance
If, without reasonable excuse, a secured party has failed to comply
with a requirement under Article 85, the Royal Court may, on application
by the grantor who made the requirement, or by any other person who has an
interest in the matter, make one or both of the following orders –
(a) an
order that the secured party comply with the requirement;
(b) such
other order as the Court thinks proper.
88 Failure
to comply with order
If a person fails to comply with an order under Article 87, the
Royal Court may, on application by the grantor who made the requirement under Article 85 –
(a) make
an order declaring that the security interest to which the requirement relates
is to be treated as unperfected or discharged, and directing the registrar to
remove from the register any registration of the security interest; or
(b) make
such other order as it thinks fit for the purpose of giving effect to the order
under Article 87.
89 Obligation
to disclose successor
(1) If
a grantor in respect of a security interest does not know the identity, or
address, of the current secured party in relation to the security interest, the
grantor may require a person who was a secured party in relation to the
security interest and of whom the grantor does know the identity and address to
inform the grantor of the name and address of the person’s immediate
successor in interest and of the latest successor in interest.
(2) The
person shall comply with the requirement to the extent that those matters are
known to the person.
(3) A
person who fails to comply with this Article shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine of level 3 on the standard scale.
90 Fees
(1) The registrar may require the payment to the
registrar of fees for or in respect of –
(a) the performance of any duty, or the exercise
of any power, of the registrar under this Law; or
(b) the use of, or access to, the system referred
to in Article 79.
(2) Those fees shall be fees published by the
Jersey Financial Services Commission in accordance with Article 15(5) of
the Financial Services Commission (Jersey) Law 1998[5], and may include periodic fees in respect of registrations
maintained on the register.
91 Rules of court
The power to make rules of
court under the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948[6] shall include a power to make rules for the purposes of this Law
and proceedings under this Law.
92 Orders
(1) The
Minister may make Orders, not inconsistent with this Law, for or with respect
to any matter that by this Law is required or permitted to be prescribed by
Order or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed by Order for carrying
out or giving effect to this Law and, in particular, but without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing, for or with respect to any of the following –
(a) procedures,
requirements, and other matters, in respect of the register and its operation,
including access to it, its location, suspension of its operation, suspension
of access to it and the hours when it is to be accessible;
(b) procedures,
requirements, and other matters, in respect of registration (or entering in the
register) under this Law, including the following –
(i) the description
of collateral, or of proceeds, that is to be included in financing statements
and financing change statements,
(ii) the description
of receivables and their assignments that is to be included in financing
statements and financing change statements,
(iii) a requirement to
describe by serial number,
(iv) the form and content of
financing statements, of financing change statements, and of other data
authorized or required by or under this Law to be entered or registered in the
register,
(v) the effectiveness,
renewal, repetition, discharge, expiry, and amendment, of registration;
(c) the
data to be entered in the register to effect, renew, repeat, discharge, or
amend, registration;
(d) any
other matters relating to registration under this Law;
(e) procedures,
requirements, and other matters, in respect of the form and use of verification
statements to confirm a registration;
(f) procedures,
requirements, and other matters in respect of searching the register, including
criteria on which a search may be conducted, the method of disclosure and the
form and content of search results;
(g) forms
in general for the purposes of this Law;
(h) procedures,
requirements, and other matters in respect of notices for the purposes of this
Law, including the matters in respect of which notices are required and the
form of notices under this Law;
(i) the
functions of the registrar.
(2) An
Order made under this Law may contain such transitional, consequential,
incidental or supplementary provisions, or such savings, as appear to the
Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Order.
(3) A
reference in this Article to procedures does not include the procedure of any
court.
93 Regulations
(1) The
States may by Regulations amend Parts 1, 2 and 4.
(2) The
States may make Regulations, not inconsistent with this Law, for or with
respect to any matter that by this Law is required or permitted to be
prescribed by Regulations or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed
by Regulations for carrying out or giving effect to this Law.
(3) Regulations
made under this Law may contain such transitional, consequential, incidental or
supplementary provisions, or such savings, as appear to the States to be
necessary or expedient for the purposes of the Regulations.
94 Amendments
Schedule 1 shall have effect.
95 Savings,
and transitional and consequential provisions
(1) Schedule 2
shall have effect.
(2) The
States may, by Regulations, make provision of a saving or transitional nature
consequent on the enactment of this Law, and those Regulations may, but are not
required to, amend Schedule 2.
(3) The
States may, by Regulations, amend any enactment (other than this Law)
consequentially on the enactment of this Law.
(4) A
provision of Regulations made under this Article (or a provision of Schedule 2
as amended by Regulations made under this Article) may, if the Regulations (or Schedule 2
as so amended) so provide, come into force on the day on which this Article
comes into force or on a later day.
(5) To
the extent to which any such provision comes into force on a date that is
earlier than the date on which notice has been published (as required by Article 3
of the Official Publications (Jersey) Law 1960[7]) of its making, the
provision does not operate so as –
(a) to
affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the States or an
administration of the States), the rights of that person existing before the latter
date; or
(b) to
impose liabilities on any person (other than the States or an administration of
the States) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the latter
date.
96 Citation and
commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012.
(2) This
Law shall come into force on such day or days as the States may by Act appoint.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States