About the Personal Properties Securities Register

The PPS Register is an Australian online register that lists all of the personal property has security interests that are registered against the property.  There has been a PPS reform with new national rules involved with a focus on protecting businesses and consumers to help manage credit risks.  The PPS Register is the primary way for consumers, businesses, and the finance industry to contact each other.  The PPS Register is available online seven days a week, 24 hours a day and using the PPS Register is voluntary.The PPS Register is used in many instances such as:    Finance businesses or companies that give loans on the fact they have received a security interest on their personal property to register into the PPS register.    Any businesses that sell personal property on consignment, credit or on retention of the title arrangement will need to register their interest of the property through the PPS Register.    Consumers, who are interested in purchasing personal property such as second goods that are valuable, will need to search through the PPS Register first before buying to ensure the property is free from any security interest.The PPS legislation was established as the PPS reform from the Personal Property Securities Act of 2009.  The Personal Property Security (PPS) Registrar position is currently held my Mr. David Bergman who is the General Counsel and his office is situated within the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia.Information can be recorded within the PPS Register if they are related to an incorporated corporation within Australian law and also if the security interests are made in any territory or state of Australia.  This type of registration is recognized as the financing statement and this security interest’s information is input within the PPS Register.Some of the non-security interests can also be registered into the PPS Register by both state and territory governments as a part of customer protection.  This would also include any “hoon liens” and orders created under the process of crime legislation.  The security interests will be subjected to any new rules after they are recorded on the PPS Register. The primary priority of the Personal Properties Security Register (PPS) is focused on the security interests that are held in personal properties.  Secured parties within the PPS are financiers and other types of lenders who can also register their security interests in personal properties.  The Personal Properties Securities Register is responsibility for all of the functions including the administration governed under Australia’s Personal Property Securities Act of 2009.The default priority rules are regarded for their form of perfection on the PPS Register under the Personal Properties Security Act.  The definition of that perfection is of the security interest is given priority over any unperfected security interests.  The security interest has a chance to be perfected by possession, control or registration.A person can search details in the PPS Register of security interests that are registered against a particular granter with the needed information. Now if the granter has been searched against a person instead of a company then that search has to be approved first by the PPS Act.  The reason for receiving the approval first is to protect and ensure that privacy requirements are being complied with. If there is a breach of an authorized search in the Personal Properties Securities Register then it is considered a criminal and civil offense.The fees for registering and searching within the PPS Register are decided by Australia’s Attorney General.  The Australian government does not make any profit from the Personal Properties Securities Register.