Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Act operates in a non - referring State in relation to a security interest, or another interest, in personal property:
(a) while the interest in the personal property is covered by any of the following:
(i) section 247 (which deals with persons);
(ii) section 248 (which deals with activities);
(iii) section 249 (which deals with interests); and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a), to the extent that Chapter 5 (Personal Property Securities Register) applies in relation to the personal property under section 250.
(2) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies to a non - referring State at a particular time even if no State is a referring State at that time.
Constitutional meaning of terms
(3) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase used
in sections 247 to 250 that is used in the Constitution has the same
meaning as it has in the Constitution.