Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

25.   Third-party effectiveness on a change of the applicable law

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    (1)   Where, under Part VII —

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      (a)     the law applicable to third-party effectiveness of a security interest in encumbered property is the law of another State;

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      (b)     the security interest is effective against a third party under the law of that other State; and

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      (c)     subsequently, the law of Saint Lucia becomes applicable to third-party effectiveness of the security interest, the effectiveness against a third party of the security interest —

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        (i)     remains effective against a third party until the earlier of —

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          (A)     the time when third-party effectiveness of the security interest would have lapsed under the law of the other State; or

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          (B)     120 days after the law of Saint Lucia becomes applicable, and

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        (ii)     is, if after the time period specified under subparagraph (i) expires, effective against a third-party, if the security interest is made effective against a third party under this Act.

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    (2)   Where a security interest is effective against a third party under the law of another State and remains effective against a third party under subsection (1)(ii), the time of third-party effectiveness is the time when it was achieved under the law of the other State.