(1) This section applies if:
- (a)
- a person or partnership (in this Division
called the transferor ) is obliged to transfer securities of a particular kind
to, or as directed by, another person or partnership (in this Division called
the transferee ); and
- (b)
- the obligation is a claimable obligation; and
- (c)
- for the purpose of discharging the obligation, the transferor:
- (i)
- elects, in accordance with the transfer delivery service provisions of a
settlement authority, to bring about a transfer of a particular number of
securities of that kind to, or as directed by, the transferee by the means
provided for in those provisions; and
- (ii)
- for the purpose of so bringing about the transfer, transfers that number
of securities of that kind to the TDS nominee; and
- (d)
- for the purpose of bringing about the transfer of securities referred to
in subparagraph (c)(i) by the means provided for in those provisions, the
TDS nominee later purports to transfer that number of securities of that kind
to, or as directed by, the transferee; and
- (e)
- the TDS nominee is in default under the transfer delivery service
provisions because the transfer documents in relation to the purported
transfer, so far as they relate to a particular number of securities of that
kind (in this Division called the default securities ), are not sufficient for
the purpose referred to in subsection 924(2); and
- (f)
- if the obligation is a purchase obligationthe transferee has paid,
or is ready, willing and able to pay, to the transferor, under the agreement
for the purchase, the consideration for the purchase.
(2) If the settlement authority has not taken action as mentioned in
paragraph (3)(a) or (b), the transferee (even if it is the settlement
authority) may make a claim in respect of the TDS nominee's default.
(3) If the settlement authority has, for the purpose of remedying the TDS
nominee's default:
- (a)
- where the settlement authority is also the
transfereeobtained marketable securities of the same kind and number as
the default securities; or
- (b)
- otherwisetransferred securities of the same kind and number as the
default securities to, or as directed by, the transferee;
the following provisions have effect:
- (c)
- unless the settlement authority is also the transfereethe settlement
authority is subrogated to all the rights and remedies of the transferee in
relation to the purported transfer of securities by the TDS nominee; and
- (d)
- the settlement authority may make a claim in respect of its actions to
remedy the default; and
- (e)
- any claim made under subsection (2) in respect of the TDS nominee's
default is taken not to have been entitled to be made.
(4) A person or partnership may make a single claim under subsection (2)
or (3) in respect of 2 or more defaults.
(5) A claim made under subsection (4) is to be treated for the purposes
of sections 954Z and 954ZA as if it were a separate claim in respect of
each of the defaults to which it relates.
(6) Entitlement to make a claim in respect of a claimable obligation is not
affected by a person or partnership ceasing after the obligation arose to be a
member organisation of a participating exchange.