In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires
"accessions"
means goods that are installed in or fixed to other goods;
"cash proceeds"
means proceeds in the form of money, cheques, drafts, and deposit accounts in a deposit- taking institution;
"chattel"
means any moveable property that can be completely transferred by delivery, and includes machinery, book debts, stock and the natural increase of stock, crops, wool or property in respect of which a valid document of title exists but does not include-
(a)
title deeds, choses in action or negotiable instruments;
(b)
shares and interests in the stock, funds or securities of any government or local authority;
(c)
shares and interests in the capital or property of any company or other corporate body; or
(d)
debentures and interest coupons issued by any government, or local authority, company or other corporate body;
"chattel paper"
means one or more documents that evidence-
(a)
a monetary obligation and a security interest in a lease of specific goods; or
(b)
a lease of specific goods;
"chose in action"
means a right which can be enforced in court;
"collateral"
means personal property that is subject to a security interest;
"consumer goods"
means goods that a debtor uses or acquires for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes; and the determination whether goods are consumer goods for the purposes of a security interest is made at the time the security interest in the goods attaches;
"court"
means a court of competent jurisdiction;
"crops"
means crops, whether matured or otherwise, and whether naturally grown or planted, attached to land by roots or forming part of trees or plants attached to land, but does not include trees;
"currency point"
has the value assigned to it in the First Schedule;
(a)
a person who owes payment or performance of a secured obligation, whether or not that person owns or has rights in the collateral;
(b)
a seller of receivables;
(c)
a lessee under a lease for a term of more than three years; or
(d)
where the debtor and the owner of the collateral are not the same person-
(i)
in any provision dealing with the collateral, the owner of the collateral;
(ii)
in any provision dealing with the obligation, the person under the obligation; and
(iii)
both the debtor and the owner, where the context permits or requires;
"document of title"
means a document which in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession of it is entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the goods it covers; and includes a bill of lading, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods; and is issued by or addressed to a bailee and relates to goods in the possession of the bailee that are identified or are tangible portions of an identified mass;
"executed"
means signed by the grantor or his or her attorney;
"financing change statement"
means a document relating to a registered financing statement;
"financing statement"
means a document relating to a security interest or proposed security interest registered under this Act and includes a financing change statement and a security document registered under any other Act before the coming into force of this Act;
"fungible"
means goods or securities of which any unit is, by nature or usage of trade, the equivalent of any other like unit, and includes unlike units to the extent that they are treated as equivalents under a security agreement;
"future advance"
means the payment of money, provision of credit, or giving of value secured by a security interest, occurring after the agreement creating the security interest has been entered into, whether or not given pursuant to a commitment, and includes advances and expenditures made for the protection, maintenance, preservation or repair of a collateral;
"goods"
means tangible personal property other than-
(e)
negotiable instruments;
(g)
securities, and includes crops and animals, but does not include trees until they are severed or minerals until they are extracted;
"grantee"
means a party to an instrument to whom a chattel or an interest referred to in the instrument is granted or assigned, or a party to whom a chattel or an interest referred to in the instrument is agreed to
be granted or assigned, and includes his or her executors, administrators and assignees, and in the case of a company or corporation, includes the successors and assignees of the company or corporation;
"instrument"
means an instrument given to secure the payment of money or the performance of an obligation and includes a bill of sale, mortgage, lien, or a document that transfers the property or interest in a chattel, whether permanently or temporarily by way of sale, security, pledge, settlement or lease, and includes-
(a)
inventories of chattels with receipts attached to the inventories;
(b)
receipts for purchase money of chattels;
(c)
declaration of trust without transfer;
(d)
powers of attorney, authorities, or licences to take possession of chattels as security for debt; and
(e)
an agreement whether or not it is intended to be followed by the execution of an instrument in which a right in equity to a chattel, or to a charge or security is conferred, but does not include-
(i)
securities over, or leases of, fixtures, except trade machinery when mortgaged or charged apart from the land to which they are attached, when mortgaged, charged or leased in land or a building to which they are affixed, and whether or not the fixtures are specifically included in the mortgage, charge or lease;
(ii)
assignments for the benefit of the creditors of the person making the assignment;
(iii)
transfer or agreements to transfer instruments by way of security;
(iv)
transfer or assignment of a ship or vessel;
(v)
transfer of a chattel used in the ordinary course of business or trade;
(vi)
debentures issued by Government or a local authority;
(vii)
a bill of sale of a chattel in a foreign country or at sea;
(viii)
a document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of chattels, or a document authorising the transfer or receipt of the chattels mentioned in the document;
(ix)
a debenture issued by a company or corporate body and secured upon the capital stock or chattels of the company or corporate body;
(x)
a mortgage or charge granted or created by a company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act; or
(xi)
a hire-purchase agreement;
"lease"
means a lease or bailment of goods for more than three years and includes-
(a)
a lease of an indefinite term, even though the lease is determinable by one or both of the parties not later than three years from the date of its execution;
(b)
a lease for a term of three years or less that is automatically renewable or that is renewable at the option of one of the parties or by agreement for one or more terms, the total of which may exceed three years; and
(c)
a lease for a term of three years or less where the lessee retains uninterrupted or substantially uninterrupted possession of the goods leased for a period in excess of one year after the day the lessee first acquired possession of the goods, but where the lease does not become a lease for a term of more than three years until the lessee's possession extends for more than three years, but does not include-
(i)
a lease by a lessor who is not regularly engaged in the business of leasing; or
(ii)
a lease of household furnishings or appliances;
"liquidator"
has the meaning in the Insolvency Act;
"machinery"
means the machinery used in a factory or workshop, or in the production, preparation or manufacture of agricultural products, but does not include-
(a)
waterwheels, engines and steam boilers;
(b)
fixed power machinery, such as the staffs, wheels, drums and appliances used in the transmission of power; or
(c)
pipes for steam, gas and water;
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for justice and constitutional affairs;
"negotiable instrument"
means a bill of exchange, note or cheque within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act and includes-
(a)
any document that evidences a right to payment of money and which is of a type that in the ordinary course of business is transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment; and
(b)
a letter of credit, if the letter of credit states on it that it shall be presented on claiming payment, but does not include chattel paper, a document of title or a security;
"prior security interest"
means a security interest provided for by an agreement that-
(a)
was made or entered into before the coming into force of this Act; and
(b)
has not been terminated before the coming into force of this Act; but does not include a security interest which is renewed, extended or consolidated by an agreement or transaction made or entered into after the coming into force of this Act;
"proceeds"
means identifiable or traceable personal property in any form derived directly or indirectly from dealing with a collateral or proceeds of a collateral, and includes-
(a)
a right to an insurance payment or any other payment as indemnity or compensation for loss or damage to the collateral or proceeds; and
(b)
a payment made in total or partial discharge or redemption of an intangible, a negotiable instrument, a security or chattel paper;
"public trustee"
means the public trustee appointed under the Public Trustee Act;
"purchase money security interest"
means a security interest to the extent that it is-
(a)
taken or retained by the seller of collateral to secure all or part of its price;
(b)
taken by a person who, by making advances or incurring an obligation, gives value to enable a debtor acquire rights in or the use of collateral if the value is in fact used; or
(c)
the interest of a lessor of goods under a lease for a term of three years, but does not include a transaction of sale by and lease back to the seller, and for the purposes of this definition "price" and "value" include credit charges or interest payable for the purchase or loan credit;
"receivables"
means any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered which is not evidenced by chattel paper, or by a negotiable instrument or by a security, whether or not it has been earned by performance;
"register"
means the register of chattels securities interests established under section
37
;
"registrar"
means the registrar of chattels securities designated under section
35
;
"secured party"
means a person who holds a security interest for his or her own benefit or for the benefit of another person and includes a trustee where the holders of the obligations issued, guaranteed or provided for are represented by a trustee as the holder of the security interest;
"security"
means an instrument given to secure the payment of money or the performance of some obligation and includes share, stock, warrant, bond, debenture or any document-
(a)
that is in a form recognised in the place in which it is issued or dealt with as evidence of a share, participation or other interest in property or an enterprise; or
(b)
that is evidence of an obligation of the issuer and which in the ordinary course of business is transferred by-
(i)
delivery, together with any necessary endorsement, assignment or registration in the records of the issuer or agent of the issuer; or
(ii)
compliance with any conditions restricting transfer; and an uncertificated security;
"security document"
means a writing which creates a security interest, or which evidences a security interest;
"security interest"
means a right that is enforceable against persons generally, arising out of an interest in a chattel paper, a document of title, goods, an intangible, money, or a negotiable instrument and includes-
(c)
an interest created or provided for by-
(ii)
a conditional sale agreement including an agreement to sell subject to retention of title;
(iii)
a hire purchase agreement;
(v)
a security trust deed;
(x)
a transfer of chattel paper, which secures payment or performance of an obligation; without regard to the form of the transaction and without regard to the identity of the person who has title to the collateral, including where title to the collateral is in the secured party;
"stock"
includes sheep, goats, cattle, horses, pigs, poultry, and any other domestic animals;
"tangibles"
means personal property other than-
(e)
negotiable instruments;
"uncertificated security"
means a security which is not evidenced by a security certificate, and the issue and transfer of which is registered by or on behalf of the issuer.