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WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION (CHALLENGE BANK) ACT 1996 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act —

        Challenge means Challenge Bank Limited (ACN: 009 230 433);

        Challenge employee means a person employed by Challenge immediately before the commencement time;

        Chief Executive Officer , in relation to a bank, means the officer in charge of the day to day management of the affairs of that bank or a person appointed by that officer in writing;

        commencement time means the time referred to in subsection (1) of section 2 on the day fixed by proclamation under that subsection;

        excluded assets means —

            (a)         any document required to be kept by Challenge under the Corporations Law or any other law;

            (b)         shares held by Challenge in —

                  (i)         CBL Financial Services Ltd (ACN: 009 340 390);

                  (ii)         CBL Securities Ltd (ACN: 009 124 341);

                  (iii)         Challase Pty Ltd (ACN: 059 339 641);

                  (iv)         Challenge Finance Limited (ACN: 000 032 735);

                  (v)         Challenge Funds Management Ltd (ACN: 009 065 990);

                  (vi)         Challenge Information Technology Pty Ltd (ACN: 007 258 488);

                  (vii)         Challenge Insurance Services (Agency) Pty Ltd (ACN: 009 086 444);

                  (viii)         Cold Storage Construction Pty Ltd (ACN: 001 122 005);

                  (ix)         Herston Pty Ltd (ACN: 009 041 650);

                  (x)         National Permanent Management Services Pty Ltd (ACN: 009 076 653);

                  (xi)         Olsona Ltd (ACN: 003 409 756);

                  (xii)         Westman Enterprises Pty Ltd (ACN: 008 915 099);

            (c)         units held by Challenge in National Permanent Property Trust, a trust created by a deed dated 21 August 1982 between Herston Pty Ltd and National Permanent Funds Management Pty Ltd;

            (d)         the Challenge logo registered under the Trade Marks Act 1995 of the Commonwealth as a trade mark in classes 16, 36 and 39 under numbers A486912, A486911 and A486910 respectively;

            (e)         the trade mark “Challenge” registered under the Trade Marks Act 1995 of the Commonwealth as a trademark in class 36 under number A533638; and

            (f)         such other assets as are listed in a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer of Westpac and received by the Treasurer before the commencement time;

        land includes any estate, interest or right (whether legal or equitable) in, over or under any real or leasehold property;

        liabilities includes duties, obligations and incidents of every description, whether actual, contingent or prospective, but does not include any duty, obligation or incident relating to an excluded asset;

        property means property and assets of every description, and includes securities, rights and powers of every description;

        register includes a book of registry and an index relating to registration;

        security includes a mortgage (whether legal or equitable), charge, debenture, bill of exchange, promissory note, guarantee, lien, pledge or other means of securing the payment of a debt, whether present or future, or the discharge of an obligation or liability, whether actual or contingent;

        transition period means the period beginning at the commencement time and ending —

            (a)         4 months later; or

            (b)         on such later day as, at the request of the Chief Executive Officer of Westpac, is approved in writing by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Credit Act 1984 ;

        Treasurer means the Treasurer of the State;

        undertaking of Challenge means the business and all of the property of Challenge (except any excluded assets and any right or power of Challenge relating to any excluded assets) vested in or belonging to or held by that bank immediately before the commencement time and all of the liabilities to which that bank is subject immediately before the commencement time;

        Victorian Act means the Westpac and Bank of Melbourne (Challenge Bank) Act 1996 of the Parliament of Victoria;

        Westpac means Westpac Banking Corporation (ARBN: 007 457 141);

        Westpac employee means a person employed by Westpac in Western Australia immediately before the commencement time and who will be employed by Challenge at the commencement time as a result of section 10(1).



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