THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 7 - SECURITIES

PART 7.10 - THE NATIONAL GUARANTEE FUND

Division 7 - Unauthorised transfer

SECTION 958   CLAIM BY TRANSFEREE OR SUB-TRANSFEREE  

958(1)  [Claim by transferee or sub-transferee]  

If, as a result of the unauthorised execution, a person (in this section called the ``claimant''), being:

(a)  in any case:

(i) if subsection 956(1) applies - the person stated in the document as the transferee of the transferred securities; or
(ii) if subsection 956(2) applies - the person in whose favour the proper SCH transfer was effected, or purported to be effected; or

(b)  if that person has disposed of any of the transferred securities - a successor in title of that person to any of the transferred securities;

suffers loss in respect of any of the transferred securities, the claimant may make a claim in respect of that loss.

958(2)  [Person not entitled to claim]  

A person is not entitled to make a claim under this section if the person:

(a)  had actual knowledge that the transferor did not in fact authorise the unauthorised execution; or

(b)  is an excluded person in relation to the dealer.




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