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397: Securities Transfer Act 1991 amended
or “Changes made to the Securities Transfer Act 1991”

You could also call this:

“Airplane rules can override parts of the Companies Act”

You need to know that some parts of the Companies Act 1993 are affected by rules about airplanes and airports. These rules come from something called the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol.

The Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol are very important when it comes to airplanes. They have special rules that can sometimes be more important than the Companies Act. This means that if there’s a conflict between these airplane rules and the Companies Act, the airplane rules win.

The parts of the Companies Act that might be affected are Parts 14, 15, 15A, and 16. But really, any part of the Companies Act could be affected by these airplane rules.

If you want to know more about the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol, you can look at section 104(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990. This section explains what these terms mean.

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Part 22 Miscellaneous

398Act subject to application of Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol

  1. Parts 14, 15, 15A, and 16 and all other provisions of this Act are subject to section 106 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 (which provides for the primacy of the provisions of the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol) and the rest of Part 12 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 (which implements the Cape Town Convention and the Aircraft Protocol).

  2. In this section,—

    Aircraft Protocol has the same meaning as in section 104(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990

      Cape Town Convention has the same meaning as in section 104(1) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990.

      Notes
      • Section 398: inserted, on , by section 14(1) of the Civil Aviation (Cape Town Convention and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 42).