Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 2 - THE CONFISCATION SCHEME  

PART 2-4 - PECUNIARY PENALTY ORDERS  

Division 4 - Enforcement of pecuniary penalty orders  

SECTION 143   Charges may be registered  

143(1)    

If:

(a) a charge is created by section 142 on property of a particular kind; and

(b) the provisions of any law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory provide for the registration of title to, or charges over, property of that kind;

the * Official Trustee or the *responsible authority for the *pecuniary penalty order or *restraining order referred to in that section may cause the charge so created to be registered under the provisions of that law.

143(2)    
A person who purchases or otherwise acquires an * interest in the property after the registration of the charge is, for the purposes of paragraph 142(2)(e) , taken to have notice of the charge at the time of the purchase or acquisition.

143(3)    

In this section:

registration
of a charge on a particular kind of personal property within the meaning of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 includes the registration of data in relation to that kind of property for the purposes of paragraph 148(c) of that Act.

Note:

The Personal Property Securities Act 2009 provides for the registration of such data only if regulations are made for the purposes of paragraph 148(c) of that Act.