Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts Subject to the
provisions of this Act, the unpaid seller’s right of lien or detention
or stoppage in transitu is not affected by any sale or other disposition of
the goods which the buyer may have made, unless the seller has assented
thereto: Provided that where a document of title to goods has been lawfully
transferred to any person as buyer or owner of the goods, and that person
transfers the document to a person who takes the document in good faith and
for valuable consideration, then, if such last-mentioned transfer was by way
of sale, the unpaid seller’s right of lien or retention or stoppage in
transitu is defeated, and if such last-mentioned transfer was by way of pledge
or other disposition for value, the unpaid seller’s right of lien or
retention or stoppage in transitu can only be exercised subject to the rights
of the transferee.