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Banking Act 1959
13NRecapitalisation direction not grounds for denial of obligations
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#### 13N Recapitalisation direction not grounds for denial of obligations
(1) This section applies if a body corporate is party to a contract, whether the proper law of the contract is:
(a) Australian law (including the law of a State or Territory); or
(b) law of a foreign country (including the law of part of a foreign country).
(2) None of the matters mentioned in subsection (3) allows the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the body corporate), to do any of the following:
(a) deny any obligation under the contract;
(b) accelerate any debt under the contract;
(c) close out any transaction relating to the contract;
(d) enforce any security under the contract.
(3) The matters are as follows:
(a) the body corporate being subject to a recapitalisation direction;
(b) if the body corporate is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate—another member of the group being subject to a recapitalisation direction.