36AACompulsory transfer not ground for denial of obligations

#### 36AA Compulsory transfer not ground for denial of obligations (1) This section applies if a body corporate covered by subsection (2) is or was 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) This subsection covers the following: (a) a body corporate that is, or is proposed to become, a transferring body; (b) a body corporate that is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate, if another member of that group is, or is proposed to become, a transferring body. (3) None of the matters mentioned in subsection (4) allows the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the body corporate), to do any of the following: (a) deny any obligations 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. (4) The matters are as follows: (a) an act being done for the purposes of Division 2 or 3, or a certificate of transfer coming into force under Division 3, in connection with the body corporate; (b) if the body corporate is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate—an act being done for the purposes of Division 2 or 3, or a certificate of transfer coming into force under Division 3, in connection with another member of the group.