Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART IV
PRIORITY OF A SECURITY INTEREST AS AGAINST
COMPETING CLAIMANTS

52.   Priority amongst competing security interests created by the same grantor

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    (1)   Subject to sections 56, 59, 60, 62, 63 and 64, priority amongst competing security interests created by the same grantor in the same encumbered property —

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      (a)     as between security interests each of which was made effective against a third party by registration of an initial notice, is determined by the order of registration, without regard to the order of creation of the security interests;

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      (b)     as between security interests each of which were made effective against a third party other than by registration of an initial notice, is determined by the order of third-party effectiveness; and

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      (c)     as between a security interest that was made effective against a third party by registration of an initial notice and a security interest that was made effective against a third party other than by registration of an initial notice, is determined by the order of registration or third-party effectiveness, whichever occurs first for each of the security interests.

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    (2)   Subject to section 43, priority amongst competing security interests created by different grantors in the same encumbered property is determined under subsection (1).