Amendments to the PPSA

In ‘PPSA: The Ultimate Transition Guide’ I flagged some amendments that were progressing through Federal Parliament when I was in the final stages of writing parts of it.  I mentioned in Chapter 1 (Introduction and Statement of Purpose) that this put me in a quandary – whether to publish without the amendments or to delay publication while the amendments were passed and the manuscript was updated in a number of places.  The publication process made the latter alternative fairly unattractive, so I took a middle ground and flagged the rules that were expected to change. Read more of this post

Even while the ink hasn’t had time to dry upon the page, figuratively speaking!

A scant month ago, I reminded you about the importance of getting your clients ready for the commencement of the PPSA – that is, the Personal Property Securities Act.

The PPS Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Team in the AG’s Department had said not long previously that they were committed to working to a registration commencement time of 31 October 2011.  I said to lock that date into your mind and reminded you that leaving everything to the last moment simply doesn’t make sense. Read more of this post