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PART IV - The Supervisory Authority and the Registrar 25. 26. PART V - Effects of an international interest as against third parties 27. 28. 29. PART VI - Assignments of associated rights and international interests; rights of subrogation 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. PART VII - Jurisdiction 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. PART VIII - General and transitional provisions 43. 44. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 CAPE TOWN CONVENTION LAW, 2009 (Law 5 of 2009) A LAW TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN AIRCRAFT AND OTHER MOBILE EQUIPMENT SIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON 16 NOVEMBER, 2001; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. PART l - Introductory\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Law may be cited as the Cape Town Convention Law, 2009.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In this Law, except where the context otherwise requires \u2014 \u201cagreement\u201d means a security agreement, a title reservation agreement, or a leasing agreement; \u201caircraft\u201d means aircraft as defined for the purposes of the Chicago Convention which are either airframes with aircraft engines installed thereon or helicopters; \u201caircraft engine\u201d means an aircraft engine (other than those used in military, customs or police services) powered by jet propulsion or turbine or piston technology and \u2014 Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (a) in the case of a jet propulsion aircraft engine, has at least 1750 lb of thrust or its equivalent; and (b) in the case of a turbine-powered or piston-powered aircraft engine, has at least 550 rated take-off shaft horsepower or its equivalent, together with all modules and other installed, incorporated or attached accessories, parts and equipment and all data, manuals and records relating thereto; \u201caircraft object\u201d means airframe, aircraft engine or helicopter; \u201caircraft register\u201d means the National Aircraft Register or equivalent maintained by a State or common mark registering authority for purposes of the Chicago Convention; \u201cairframe\u201d means an airframe (other than those used in military, customs and police services) that, when an appropriate aircraft engine is installed thereon, is type certified by the competent aviation authority to transport \u2014 (a) at least eight persons including crew; or (b) goods in excess of 2750 kilograms, together with all installed, incorporated or attached accessories, parts and equipment (other than aircraft engines), and all data, manuals and records relating thereto; \u201capplicable law\u201d means the domestic rules of the law applicable by virtue of rules of private international law of the forum State; \u201cassignment\u201d means a contract which, whether by way of security or otherwise, confers on the assignee associated rights with or without a transfer of the related international interest; \u201cassociated rights\u201d means all rights to payment or other performance by a debtor under an agreement which are secured by or associated with the aircraft object; \u201cCape Town Convention\u201d means the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment as modified by the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment, each concluded at Cape Town, South Africa, on 16 November 2001; \u201cCape Town Convention State\u201d means a State that is Party to the Cape Town Convention; \u201cCayman Entity\u201d means an exempted company or an exempted limited duration company under the Companies Law (2007 Revision), an exempted limited partnership under the Exempted Limited Partnership Law (2007 Revision) and includes any additional persons so designated under section 3(6); Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 \u201cChicago Convention\u201d means the Convention on International Civil Aviation signed at Chicago on 7 December 1944, as amended, and its Annexes; \u201ccommencement of the insolvency proceedings\u201d means the time at which the insolvency proceedings are deemed to commence under the applicable insolvency law; \u201ccommon mark registering authority\u201d means the authority maintaining a register in accordance with Article 77 of the Chicago Convention as implemented by the Resolution adopted on 14 December 1967 by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on nationality and registration of aircraft operated by international operating agencies; \u201cconditional buyer\u201d means a buyer under a title reservation agreement; \u201cconditional seller\u201d means a seller under a title reservation agreement; \u201ccontract of sale\u201d means a written contract, other than an agreement transferring the interest of the seller in an aircraft object to a buyer in accordance with its terms and which identifies the aircraft object in accordance with section 5; \u201ccourt\u201d means a court of law or an administrative or arbitral tribunal established by a Cape Town Convention State or the Grand Court; \u201ccreditor\u201d means a chargee under a security agreement, a conditional seller under a title reservation agreement or a lessor under a leasing agreement; \u201cdebtor\u201d means a chargor under a security agreement, a conditional buyer under a title reservation agreement, a lessee under a leasing agreement or a person whose interest in an aircraft object is burdened by a registrable nonconsensual right or interest; \u201cde-registration\u201d means deletion or removal of a registration of an aircraft from its aircraft register in accordance with the Chicago Convention; \u201cGrand Court\u201d means the Grand Court of the Islands; \u201cguarantee contract\u201d means a contract entered into by a person as guarantor; \u201cguarantor\u201d means a person who, for the purposes of assuring performance of any obligations in favour of a creditor secured by a security agreement or under an agreement, gives or issues a suretyship or demand guarantee or a standby letter of credit or any other form of credit insurance; \u201chelicopter\u201d means a heavier-than-air machine (other than those used in military, customs or police services) supported in flight chiefly by the reactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially vertical axes and which is type certified by the competent aviation authority to transport \u2014 (a) at least five persons including crew; or (b) goods in excess of 450 kilograms, Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 together with all installed, incorporated or attached accessories, parts and equipment (including rotors), and all data, manuals and records relating thereto; \u201cinsolvency administrator\u201d means a person authorized to administer the reorganization or liquidation, including one authorized on an interim basis, and includes a debtor in possession, if permitted by the applicable insolvency law; \u201cinsolvency proceedings\u201d means bankruptcy, liquidation or other collective judicial or administrative proceedings, including interim proceedings, in which the assets and affairs of the debtor are subject to control or supervision by a court for the purposes of re-organisation or liquidation; \u201cinterested person\u201d means \u2014 (a) the debtor; (b) any guarantor; or (c) any other person having rights in or over the aircraft object; \u201cinternational interest\u201d means an interest in an aircraft object constituted in accordance with section 6, held by a creditor that is one only of the following: (a) granted by the chargor under a security agreement; (b) vested in a person who is the conditional seller under a title reservation agreement; or (c) vested in a person who is the lessor under a leasing agreement, as determined under the applicable law and extends to the proceeds of an aircraft object; \u201cInternational Registry\u201d means the international registration facilities established under the Cape Town Convention; \u201cleasing agreement\u201d means an agreement by which one person (the lessor) grants a right to possession or control of an aircraft object (with or without an option to purchase) to another person (the lessee) in return for a rental or other payment; \u201cNational Aircraft Register\u201d means the aircraft register maintained by the registry authority; \u201cnon-consensual right or interest\u201d means a right or interest conferred under the law of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands to secure the performance of an obligation, including an obligation to a State, State entity or an intergovernmental or private organisation; \u201cpre-existing right or interest\u201d means a right or interest of any kind in or over an aircraft object created or arising before the date of commencement of this Law; \u201cpriority non-consensual right or interest\u201d means a non-consensual right or interest of the following types conferred under the law of the Islands \u2014 Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (a) liens in favour of repairers of, or those providing services to, an aircraft object, in each case to the extent any such repair or services adds value to an aircraft object and retains possession thereof; (b) liens on an aircraft object in favour of the Government of the Islands relating to unpaid taxes or other charges directly relating to the use of that aircraft object; (c) employee wages relating to services fairly allocated to the use of an aircraft object as from the date that remedies have been exercised under this Law by the holder of a registered interest; and (d) rights of the Government of the Islands to arrest or detain an aircraft object for violation of safety-related or criminal law, but no such arrest or detention shall give rise to the power of sale or right to proceeds; \u201cproceeds\u201d means money or non-money proceeds of an aircraft object arising from the total or partial loss or physical destruction of the aircraft object or its total or partial confiscation, condemnation or requisition; \u201cprospective assignment\u201d means an assignment that is intended to be made in the future, upon the occurrence of a stated event, whether or not the occurrence of the event is certain; \u201cprospective international interest\u201d means an interest that is intended to be created or provided for in an aircraft object as an international interest in the future, upon the occurrence of a stated event (which may include the debtor\u2019s acquisition of an interest in the aircraft object), whether or not the occurrence of the event is certain; \u201cprospective sale\u201d means a sale which is intended to be made in the future, upon the occurrence of a stated event, whether or not the occurrence of the event is certain; \u201cregistered\u201d means registered in the International Registry; \u201cregistered interest\u201d means an interest registered with the International Registry pursuant to the Cape Town Convention; \u201cregistrable non-consensual right or interest\u201d means a non-consensual right or interest of the following types conferred under the law of the Islands: (a) rights of a person obtaining a court Order permitting attachment of an aircraft object in partial or full satisfaction of a legal judgment; (b) liens or other rights of the Government of the Islands relating to taxes or other unpaid charges of any type whatsoever (which is not a priority nonconsensual right or interest); and (c) any other non-consensual rights or interests which are not a priority nonconsensual right or interest; \u201cRegistrar\u201d means the person or body serving as Registrar under the Cape Town Convention; Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 \u201cregistry authority\u201d means the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands, which is responsible for the registration and de-registration of aircraft in the Islands in accordance with the Chicago Convention; \u201cregulations\u201d means regulations made or approved by the Supervisory Authority pursuant to the Cape Town Convention; \u201csale\u201d means a transfer of ownership of an aircraft object pursuant to a contract of sale; \u201csecured obligation\u201d means an obligation secured by a security interest; \u201csecurity agreement\u201d means an agreement by which a chargor grants or agrees to grant to a chargee an interest (including an ownership interest) in or over an aircraft object to secure the performance of any existing or future obligation of the chargor or a third person; \u201csecurity interest\u201d means an interest created by a security agreement; \u201cState of registry\u201d means, in respect of an aircraft, the State or the national register in which an aircraft is entered or the State of location of the common mark registering authority maintaining the aircraft register; \u201cSupervisory Authority\u201d means the body acting as Supervisory Authority under the Cape Town Convention; \u201ctitle reservation agreement\u201d means an agreement for the sale of an aircraft object on terms that ownership does not pass until fulfillment of the condition or conditions stated in the agreement; \u201cunregistered interest\u201d means a consensual interest or non-consensual right or interest (other than a priority non-consensual right or interest to the extent specified in section 29(1)), which has not been registered, whether or not it is registrable under the Cape Town Convention or this Law; and \u201cwriting\u201d means a record of information (including information communicated by teletransmission) which is \u2014 (a) in tangible form; or (b) in other form and is capable of being reproduced in tangible form on a subsequent occasion, and which indicates by reasonable means a person\u2019s approval of the record.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Application and scope 3. (1) This Law provides for the constitution and recognition of an international interest in aircraft objects and associated rights and for the recognition of the registration system operated by the International Registry. (2) This Law applies when, after the commencement date of this Law and at the time of the conclusion of the agreement creating or providing for the international interest or a contract of sale, the debtor or seller, as applicable, is Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 situated in a Cape Town Convention State as determined in accordance with section 4 or is a Cayman Entity that has made an election in writing, which election shall be irrevocable, that this Law shall apply to it generally or in respect of certain aircraft objects identified in accordance with section 5, by recording an appropriate notation in the register of mortgages maintained pursuant to section 54 of the Companies Law (2007 Revision), and any such recording shall constitute conclusive evidence of such election. (3) The fact that the creditor or buyer is situated in neither a Cape Town Convention State nor the Islands or is not a Cayman Entity does not affect the applicability of this Law. (4) Without prejudice to subsection (2), this Law shall also apply in relation to a helicopter, or to an airframe pertaining to an aircraft, registered in an aircraft register of a Cape Town Convention State which is the State of registry, and where such registration is made pursuant to an agreement for registration of the aircraft it is deemed to have been effected at the time of the agreement. (5) In addition to the specific provisions of this Law referring to sales and prospective sales, the general provisions of Parts III and IV, section 27, sections 18(2) and 29, Part VII (other than section 39), and Part VIII shall apply to contracts of sale and prospective sales. (6) The Governor in Cabinet may by Order \u2014 (a) designate additional persons to be included in the definition of Cayman Entity; (b) make such declarations as may be necessary under the Cape Town Convention; or (c) amend section 18(1) to reflect any subsequent amendment to the Cape Town Convention in that regard.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Determination of where debtor or seller is situated 4. (1) For the purposes of section 3(2), a debtor or seller is situated in the Cape Town Convention State \u2014 (a) under the laws of which it is incorporated or formed; (b) where it has its registered office or statutory seat; (c) where it has its center of administration; or (d) where it has its place of business. (2) A reference in subsection (1)(d) to the debtor\u2019s or seller\u2019s place of business is a reference to \u2014 (a) its principal place of business, if it has more than one place of business; or (b) its habitual residence, if it has no place of business. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Identification of an aircraft object 5. For the purposes of a contract of sale or the constitution of an international interest, an aircraft object shall be identified by the manufacturer\u2019s serial number, the name of the manufacturer and the model designation.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Formal requirements for constitution of an international interest 6. An interest is constituted as an international interest under this Law where the agreement creating or providing for the interest \u2014 (a) is in writing; (b) relates to an aircraft object of which the chargor, conditional seller or lessor has power to dispose; (c) identifies the aircraft object in accordance with section 5; and (d) in the case of a security agreement, enables the secured obligations to be determined, but without the need to state a sum or maximum sum secured. PART II - Remedies for Default\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Meaning of default 7. (1) The debtor and the creditor may at any time agree in writing as to the events that constitute a default or otherwise give rise to the rights and remedies specified in sections 8 to 11 and 14. (2) Where the debtor and the creditor have not so agreed, default for the purposes of sections 8 to 11 and 14 means a default which substantially deprives the creditor of what it is entitled to expect under the agreement.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Remedies of chargee 8. (1) In the event of default as provided in section 7, the chargee may, to the extent that the chargor has at any time so agreed, or alternatively as authorized or directed by a court on application of the chargee, exercise any one or more of the following remedies: (a) take possession or control of any aircraft object charged to it; (b) sell or grant a lease of any such aircraft object; or (c) collect or receive any income or profits arising from the management or use of any such aircraft object. (2) A chargee proposing to sell or grant a lease of an aircraft object under subsection (1)(b) shall give reasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed sale or lease to \u2014 (a) any interested person who is a debtor or guarantor; and Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (b) any other person having rights in or over the aircraft object who has given notice of his rights to the chargee within a reasonable time prior to the sale or lease. (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), reasonable prior notice is ten working days or such other longer period of notice as may be agreed by a chargee and a chargor or a guarantor. (4) Any sum collected or received by the chargee as a result of the exercise of any of the remedies set out in subsection (1) shall be applied towards the discharge of the amount of the secured obligations. (5) Where the sums collected or received by the chargee as a result of the exercise of any remedy set out in subsection (1) exceed the amount secured by the security interest and any reasonable costs incurred in the exercise of any such remedy, then unless otherwise ordered by the court the chargee shall distribute the surplus among holders of subsequently ranking interests which have been registered or of which the chargee has been given notice, in order of priority, and pay any remaining balance to the chargor.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Vesting of aircraft object in satisfaction; redemption 9. (1) At any time after default as provided in section 7, the chargee and all interested persons may agree that ownership of (or any other interest of the chargor in) any aircraft object covered by the security interest shall vest in the chargee in or towards satisfaction of the secured obligations. (2) The court may on the application of the chargee order that ownership of (or any other interest of the chargor in) any aircraft object covered by the security interest shall vest in the chargee in or towards satisfaction of the secured obligations. (3) The court shall grant an application under subsection (2) only if the amount of the secured obligations to be satisfied by such vesting is commensurate with the value of the aircraft object after taking account of any payment to be made by the chargee to any of the interested persons. (4) At any time after default as provided in section 7 and before sale of the charged aircraft object or the making of an Order under subsection (2), the chargor or any interested person may discharge the security interest by paying in full the amount secured, subject to any lease granted under section 8 (1)(b); and where, after such default, the payment of the amount secured is made in full by an interested person other than the debtor, that person is subrogated to the rights of the chargee. (5) Ownership or any other interest of the chargor passing on a sale under section 8(1)(b) or passing under subsection (1) or (2) is free from any other interest over which the chargee\u2019s security interest has priority under section 27. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Remedies of conditional seller or lessor 10. In the event of default under a title reservation agreement or under a leasing agreement as provided in section 7, the conditional seller or the lessor, as the case may be, may terminate the relevant agreement and take possession or control of any aircraft object to which such agreement relates; or apply for a court Order authorizing or directing either of these acts.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Additional remedies of creditor 11. (1) In addition to the remedies specified in sections 8, 10, 12 and 14, the creditor may, to the extent that the debtor has at any time so agreed and in the circumstances specified in such agreed provisions and subject to applicable aviation safety regulations \u2014 (a) procure the de-registration of the aircraft; and (b) procure the export and physical transfer of the aircraft object from the territory in which it is situated. (2) The creditor shall not exercise the remedies specified in subsection (1) without the prior consent in writing of the holder of any registered interest ranking in priority to that of the creditor. (3) A chargee proposing to procure the de-registration and export of an aircraft under subsection (1) otherwise than pursuant to a court Order shall give reasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed deregistration and export to \u2014 (a) any interested person who is a debtor or a guarantor; and (b) any other person having rights in or over the aircraft object who has given notice of his rights to the chargee within a reasonable time prior to the deregistration and export. (4) The registry authority shall, subject to any applicable safety legislation, honour a request for de-registration and export in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Cape Town Convention under regulations made for that purpose and administered by the registry authority.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Additional remedies under applicable law 12. Any additional remedies permitted by the applicable law, including any remedies agreed upon by the parties, may be exercised to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the provisions set out in section 16.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Debtor provisions 13. (1) In the absence of a default within the meaning of section 7, the debtor shall be entitled to the quiet possession and use of the aircraft object in accordance with the agreement as against- Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (a) its creditor and the holder of any interest from which the debtor takes free pursuant to section 27(5) or, in the capacity of buyer, section 27(3), unless and to the extent that the debtor has otherwise agreed; and (b) the holder of any interest to which the debtor\u2019s right or interest is subject pursuant to section 27(5) or, in the capacity of buyer, section 27(3), but only to the extent, if any, that such holder has agreed. (2) Nothing in this Law affects the liability under the applicable law of a creditor for any breach of the agreement in so far as that agreement relates to an aircraft object.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Relief pending final determination 14. (1) A creditor who adduces evidence of default by the debtor shall, pending final determination of its claim and to the extent that the debtor has at any time so agreed, be entitled to apply to a court for relief on an expedited basis in the form of one or more of the following Orders \u2014 (a) preservation of the aircraft object and its value; (b) possession, control or custody of the aircraft object; (c) immobilisation of the aircraft object; (d) lease or, except where covered by paragraphs (a) to (c), management of the aircraft object and the income therefrom; and (e) if at any time the debtor and the creditor specifically agree, sale of the aircraft object and application of proceeds therefrom. (2) Ownership or any other interest of the debtor passing on a sale under subsection (1)(e) is free from any other interest over which the creditor\u2019s international interest has priority under section 27. (3) In making an Order under subsection (1), the court may impose such terms as it considers necessary to protect the interested persons in the event that the creditor \u2014 (a) in implementing any Order granting such relief, fails to perform any of its obligations to the debtor under this Law; or (b) fails to establish its claim, wholly or in part, on the final determination of that claim. (4) The creditor and the debtor or any other interested person may agree in writing to exclude the application of subsection (3). (5) Before making any Order under subsection (1), the court may require notice of the request to be given to any of the interested persons. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (6) Nothing in this section limits the availability of forms of interim relief to those set out in subsection (1).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Procedural requirements for non-judicial remedies 15. A remedy provided by this Part shall be exercised in conformity with the procedures prescribed by the law of the place where the remedy is to be exercised.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Derogation 16. Any two or more of the parties referred to in this Part may at any time, by agreement in writing, exclude the application of section 17(2) and in their relations with each other, derogate from or vary the effect of any of the provisions of this Part, except sections 8(2) to (5), 9(3) and (4), 11(2) and 15. PART III - Registration in the International Registry\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Effect of registration 17. (1) A valid registration in the International Registry shall be the sole means of establishing the priority of a right or interest in an aircraft object, such priority being determined in accordance with section 27, except only in respect of a priority non-consensual right or interest, whose priority is determined in accordance with section 29(1). (2) No right or interest, except for a priority non-consensual right or interest to the extent specified in section 29(1), shall have priority in insolvency proceedings over registered interests.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Registrable rights or interests 18. (1) The following rights or interests are permitted to be registered \u2014 (a) international interests, prospective international interests and registrable non-consensual rights and interests; (b) assignments and prospective assignments of international interests; (c) acquisitions of international interests by legal or contractual subrogations under the applicable law; (d) \u201cnotices of a national interest\u201d, as defined in the Cape Town Convention, under the laws of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands permitting such notice through a declaration thereunder made by that State or the Islands; (e) subordinations of interests referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs; and (f) sales and prospective sales. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (2) A registrable non-consensual right or interest relating to any aircraft object may be registered under this Law as if the right or interest were an international interest and shall be treated accordingly. (3) All information required for the registrations referred to in subsection (1) in relation to a helicopter, or to an airframe pertaining to an aircraft, registered for nationality purposes in the National Aircraft Register shall be transmitted directly to the International Registry.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Validity and time of registration 19. (1) A registration shall be valid only if made in conformity with section 20 and any rules duly made by the Supervisory Authority. (2) A valid registration shall be complete upon entry of the required information into the International Registry database so as to be searchable. (3) A registration shall be searchable for the purposes of subsection (2) at the time when \u2014 (a) the International Registry has assigned to it a sequentially ordered file number; and (b) the registration information, including the file number, is stored in durable form and may be accessed at the International Registry. (4) If an interest first registered as a prospective international interest or prospective sale becomes an international interest or a sale, respectively, that international interest or sale shall be treated as registered from the time of registration of the prospective international interest or prospective sale if the registration was still current immediately before the international interest or contract of sale was constituted. (5) Subsection (4) applies mutatis mutandis to the registration of a prospective assignment of an international interest. (6) A registered interest pertaining to an aircraft object shall be searchable in the International Registry database according to the name of its manufacturer, its manufacturer\u2019s serial number and its model designation.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Capacity to effect registration 20. (1) An international interest, a prospective international interest, an assignment or prospective assignment of an international interest, or a contract of sale or a prospective sale may be registered, and any such registration may be amended or extended prior to its expiry, by either party with the consent in writing of the other. (2) The subordination of an international interest to another international interest may be registered at any time by or with the consent in writing of the person whose interest has been subordinated. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (3) The acquisition of an international interest by legal or contractual subrogation may be registered by the subrogee. (4) A registrable non-consensual right or interest may be registered by the holder thereof. (5) A registration may be discharged by or with the consent in writing of the party in whose favour it was made.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Duration of registration 21. Registration remains effective \u2014 (a) in the case of an international interest, until discharged or until expiry of the period specified in the registration; (b) in the case of a contract of sale, indefinitely; and (c) in the case of a prospective sale, unless discharged or until expiry of the period, if any, specified in the registration.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Searches 22. (1) A person may, in the manner prescribed by this Law or the regulations, make or request a search of the International Registry by electronic means concerning interests or prospective interests internationally registered therein. (2) A person may request and receive from the Registrar a registry search certificate by electronic means with respect to any aircraft object \u2014 (a) stating all registered information relating thereto, together with a statement indicating the date and time of registration of such information; or (b) stating that there is no information in the International Registry relating thereto. (3) A search certificate issued under subsection (2) shall indicate that the creditor named in the registration information has acquired or intends to acquire an international interest in the object but shall not indicate whether what is registered is an international interest or a prospective international interest, even if this is ascertainable from the relevant registration information.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Evidentiary value of International Registry certificate 23. A document in the form prescribed by the regulations which purports to be a certificate issued by the International Registry is prima facie proof \u2014 (a) that it has been so issued; and (b) of the facts recited in it, including the date and time of a registration. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Discharge of registration 24. (1) Where the obligations secured by a registered security interest or the obligations giving rise to a registered non-consensual right or interest have been discharged, or where the conditions of transfer of title under a registered title reservation agreement have been fulfilled, the holder of such interest shall, without undue delay, procure the discharge of the registration after written demand by the debtor delivered to or received at its address stated in the registration. (2) Where a prospective international interest, a prospective assignment of an international interest, or a prospective sale has been registered, the intending creditor, intending assignee or intending buyer shall, without undue delay, procure the discharge of the registration after written demand by the intending debtor, assignor or seller which is delivered to or received at its address stated in the registration before the intending creditor, assignee or buyer has given value or incurred a commitment to give value. (3) For the purpose of subsection (2) and in the circumstances there described, the holder of a registered prospective international interest or the person in whose favour a prospective sale has been registered shall take such steps as are within its power to procure the discharge of the registration no later than five working days after the receipt of the said demand. (4) Where a registration ought not to have been made or is incorrect, the person in whose favour the registration was made shall, without undue delay, procure its discharge or amendment after written demand by the debtor or seller to, or received at, its address stated in the registration. PART IV - The Supervisory Authority and the Registrar\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Legal personality and immunity 25. (1) The Supervisory Authority is deemed to have international legal personality and its officers and employees shall enjoy such immunity from legal and administrative process as is provided under the rules applicable to them as an international entity or otherwise in accordance with the Cape Town Convention. (2) The assets, documents, databases and archives of the International Registry shall be inviolable and immune from seizure or other legal or administrative process but such inviolability and immunity may be waived by the Supervisory Authority. (3) For the purposes of any claim against the Registrar under section 26(1) or section 40, the claimant shall be entitled to such information and documents as are necessary to enable the claimant to pursue its claim. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Standard and extent of liability of the Registrar 26. (1) For the purposes of legal proceedings before a court it is hereby declared that the Registrar shall be liable for compensatory damages for loss suffered by a person directly resulting from an error or omission of the Registrar and its officers and employees or from a malfunction of the international registration system except where the malfunction is caused by an event of an inevitable and irresistible nature, which could not be prevented by using the best practices in current use in the field of electronic registry design and operation, including those related to back-up and systems security and networking. (2) The Registrar shall not be liable under subsection (1) for factual inaccuracy of registration information received by the Registrar or transmitted by the Registrar in the form in which it received that information nor for acts or circumstances for which the Registrar and its officers and employees are not responsible and arising prior to receipt of registration information at the International Registry. (3) Compensation under subsection (1) may be reduced to the extent that the person who has suffered the damage had caused or contributed to the damage. PART V - Effects of an international interest as against third parties\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Priority of competing interests 27. (1) A registered interest has priority over any other interest subsequently registered and over an unregistered interest. (2) The priority of the first-mentioned interest under subsection (1) applies \u2014 (a) even if the first-mentioned interest was acquired or registered with actual knowledge of the other interest; and (b) even as regards value given by the holder of the first-mentioned interest with such knowledge. (3) A buyer of an aircraft object under a registered sale acquires its interest in that object free from an interest subsequently registered and from an unregistered interest, even if the buyer has actual knowledge of the unregistered interest. (4) A buyer of an aircraft object under a registered sale acquires its interest in that object subject to an interest previously registered. (5) A conditional buyer or lessee acquires its interest in or right over that object \u2014 (a) subject to an interest registered prior to the registration of the international interest held by its conditional seller or lessor; and Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (b) free from an interest not so registered at that time even if it has actual knowledge of that interest. (6) The priority of competing interests or right under this section may be varied by agreement between the holders of these interests, but an assignee of a subordinated interest is not bound by an agreement to subordinate that interest unless at the time of the assignment a subordination had been registered relating to that agreement. (7) Any priority given by this section to an interest in an aircraft object extends to proceeds. (8) This Law \u2014 (a) does not affect the rights of a person in an item other than an aircraft object held prior to its installation on an aircraft object if under the applicable law those rights continue to exist after the installation; and (b) does not prevent the creation of rights in an item other than an aircraft object which has previously been installed on an aircraft object where under the applicable law those rights are created. (9) Ownership of or another right or interest in an aircraft engine shall not be affected by its installation or on removal from an aircraft. (10) Subsection (8) applies to an item, other than an aircraft object, installed on an airframe, aircraft engine or helicopter.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Insolvency 28. (1) In insolvency proceedings against the debtor or seller, an international interest or sale, as applicable, is effective if prior to the commencement of the insolvency proceedings that interest or sale was registered in conformity with this Law. (2) Nothing in this section impairs the effectiveness of an international interest or sale in the insolvency proceedings where that interest is effective under the applicable law. (3) Nothing in this section affects the application of the Fraudulent Dispositions Law (1996 Revision) or any rules of law applicable in insolvency proceedings relating to the avoidance of a transaction as a preference or a transfer in fraud of creditors or any rules of procedure relating to the enforcement of rights to property which is under the control or supervision of the insolvency administrator. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Priority non-consensual right or interest 29. (1) A priority non-consensual right or interest, to the extent it had priority over an interest in an aircraft object equivalent to that of the holder of a registered international interest prior to the effective date of this Law, shall retain that priority over a registered international interest hereunder, whether in or outside of insolvency proceedings. (2) Nothing in this Law shall affect the right of the Government of the Islands or any state entity intergovernmental organisation or other private provider of public services thereof to arrest or detain an aircraft object under the laws of the Islands for payments of amounts owed to the Government of the Islands or such entity, organisation or provider directly relating to services in respect of that object or another aircraft object. PART VI - Assignments of associated rights and international interests; rights of subrogation\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Effects of assignment 30. (1) Except as otherwise agreed by the parties, an assignment of associated rights made in conformity with section 31 also transfers to the assignee \u2014 (a) the related international interest; and (b) all the interests and priorities of the assignor under this Law. (2) Nothing in this Law prevents a partial assignment of the assignor\u2019s associated rights; and where there is such partial assignment the assignor and assignee may agree as to their respective rights concerning the related international interest assigned under subsection (1), but not so as adversely to affect the debtor without its consent. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the applicable law shall determine the defences and rights of set-off available to the debtor against the assignee. (4) The debtor may at any time by agreement in writing waive all or any of the defences and rights of set-off referred to in subsection (3) other than defences arising from fraudulent acts on the part of the assignee. (5) In the case of an assignment by way of security, the assigned associated rights revest in the assignor, to the extent that they are still subsisting, when the obligations secured by the assignment have been discharged.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Formal requirements of assignment 31. (1) An assignment of associated rights transfers the related international interest only if it \u2014 (a) is in writing; Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (b) enables the associated rights to be identified under the contract from which they arise; and (c) in the case of an assignment by way of security, enables the obligations secured by the assignment to be determined, but without the need to state a sum or maximum sum secured. (2) An assignment of an international interest created or provided for by a security agreement is not valid unless some or all related associated rights are also assigned. (3) This Law does not apply to an assignment of associated rights which is not effective to transfer the related international interest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Debtor\u2019s duty to assignee 32. (1) To the extent that associated rights and the related international interest have been transferred in accordance with sections 30 and 31, the debtor in relation to those rights and that interest is bound by the assignment and has a duty to make payment or give other performance to the assignee, but only if \u2014 (a) the debtor has been given notice of the assignment in writing by or with the authority of the assignor; (b) the notice identifies the associated rights; and (c) the debtor has consented in writing, whether or not the consent is given in advance of the assignment or identifies the assignee. (2) Irrespective of any other ground on which payment or performance by the debtor discharges the latter from liability, payment or performance shall be effective for this purpose if made in accordance with subsection (1). (3) Nothing in this section shall affect the priority of competing assignments.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Default remedies in respect of assignment by way of security 33. In the event of default by the assignor under the assignment of associated rights and the related international interest made by way of security, sections 7 to 9 and 11 to 15 apply in the relations between the assignor and the assignee (and, in relation to associated rights, apply in so far as those provisions are capable of applications to intangible property) as if references \u2014 (a) to the secured obligations and the security interest were references to the obligation secured by the assignment of the associated rights and the related international interest and the security interest created by that assignment; (b) to the chargee or creditor and chargor or debtor were references to the assignee and assignor; (c) to the holder of the international interest were references to the assignee; and Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (d) to the aircraft object were references to the assigned associated rights and the related international interest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"Priority of competing assignments 34. (1) Where there are competing assignments of associated rights and at least one of the assignments includes the related international interest and is registered, section 27 applies as if the references to a registered interest were references to an assignment of the associated rights and the related registered interest and as if references to a registered or unregistered interest were references to a registered or unregistered assignment. (2) Section 28 applies to an assignment of associated rights as if the references to an international interest were references to an assignment of the associated rights and the related international interest.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"Assignee\u2019s priority with respect to associated rights 35. (1) The assignee of associated rights and the related international interest whose assignment has been registered has priority under section 34(1) over another assignee of the associated rights only \u2014 (a) if the contract under which the associated rights arise states that they are secured by or associated with the object; and (b) to the extent that the associated rights are related to an aircraft object. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), associated rights are related to an aircraft object only to the extent that they consist of rights to payment or performance that relate to \u2014 (a) a sum advanced and utilised for the purchase of the aircraft object; (b) a sum advanced and utilised for the purchase of another aircraft in which the assignor held another international interest if the assignor transferred that interest to the assignee and the assignment has been registered; (c) the price payable for the aircraft object; (d) the rentals payable in respect of the aircraft object; or (e) other obligations arising from a transaction referred to in this subsection. (3) In all other cases, the priority of the competing assignments of the associated rights shall be determined by the applicable law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"Effects of assignor\u2019s insolvency 36. Section 28 applies to insolvency proceedings against the assignor as if references to the debtor were references to the assignor. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Subrogation 37. (1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Law affects the acquisition of associated rights and the related international interest by legal or contractual subrogation under the applicable law. (2) The priority between any interest within subsection (1) and a competing interest may be varied by agreement in writing between the holders of the respective interests but an assignee of a subordinated interest is not bound by an agreement to subordinate that interest unless at the time of the assignment a subordination had been registered relating to that agreement. PART VII - Jurisdiction\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Choice of forum 38. (1) Subject to section 39 or 40, the courts of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands chosen by the parties to a transaction have jurisdiction in respect of any claim brought under this Law, whether or not the chosen forum has a connection with the parties or the transaction and such jurisdiction shall be exclusive unless otherwise agreed between the parties. (2) Any such agreement shall be in writing or otherwise concluded in accordance with the formal requirements of the law of the chosen forum.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Jurisdiction under section 14 39. (1) The courts chosen by the parties in conformity with section 38 and the courts of any Cape Town Convention State or the Islands in the territory of which the aircraft object is situated or in which the aircraft is registered have jurisdiction to grant relief under section 14(1)(a), (b), (c) and (6) in respect of that aircraft object or aircraft. (2) Jurisdiction to grant relief under section 14(1)(d) and (e) or other interim relief by virtue of Article 14(6) may be exercised either \u2014 (a) by the courts chosen by the parties; or (b) by the courts of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands in whose territory the debtor is situated, being relief which, by the terms of the Order granting it, is enforceable only in the territory of that State or the Islands. (3) A court has jurisdiction under the preceding paragraphs even if the final determination of the claim referred to in section 14(l) will or may take place in a court of another Cape Town Convention State or the Islands or by arbitration. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Jurisdiction to make Orders against the Registrar 40. (1) The courts of the place in which the Registrar has its center of administration shall have exclusive jurisdiction to award damages or make Orders against the Registrar. (2) Where a person fails to respond to a demand made under section 24 and that person has ceased to exist or cannot be found for the purpose of enabling an Order to be made against it requiring it to procure discharge of the registration, the courts referred to in subsection (1) shall have exclusive jurisdiction, on the application of the debtor or intending debtor, to make an Order directed to the Registrar requiring the Registrar to discharge the registration. (3) Where a person fails to comply with an Order of a court having jurisdiction under this Law, the courts referred to in subsection (1) may direct the Registrar to take such steps as will give effect to that Order. (4) Except as otherwise provided by this section, no court may make Orders or give judgments or rulings against, or purporting to bind, the Registrar.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Waivers of sovereign immunity 41. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a waiver of sovereign immunity from jurisdiction of the courts specified in section 38 or 39 or relating to enforcement of rights and interests relating to an aircraft object under this Law shall be binding and if the other conditions to such jurisdiction or enforcement have been satisfied, shall be effective to confer jurisdiction and permit enforcement, as the case may be. (2) A waiver under subsection (1) must be in writing and contain a description of the aircraft object.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Jurisdiction in respect of insolvency proceedings 42. This Part is not applicable to insolvency proceedings. PART VIII - General and transitional provisions\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Transitional provisions 43. (1) This Law does not apply to a pre-existing right or interest, which retains the priority it enjoyed under the applicable law. (2) Nothing in subsection (1) or otherwise in this Law shall prevent parties to an agreement and related documents, by affirmative act, from re-constituting a pre-existing right or interest as an international interest and otherwise bringing it within the scope of this Law. Cape Town Convention Law, 2009 Law 5 of 2009 (3) A priority non-consensual right or interest shall retain its priority over an international interest, to the extent specified in section 29(1), which is registered prior to the effective date.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"Regulations 44. The Governor in Cabinet may make regulations generally for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Law into effect and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations prescribing the procedures for dealing with requests pursuant to section 11(4). Passed by the Legislative Assembly the 19th day of March, 2009. 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redemption ................................................................. 13\n10.\nRemedies of conditional seller or lessor ................................................................................... 14\n11.\nAdditional remedies of creditor ................................................................................................. 14\n12.\nAdditional remedies under applicable law ................................................................................ 14\n13.\nDebtor provisions ..................................................................................................................... 14\n14.\nRelief pending final determination ............................................................................................ 15\n15.\nProcedural requirements for non-judicial remedies .................................................................. 16\n16.\nDerogation ............................................................................................................................... 16\nPART III - Registration in the International Registry\n17.\nEffect of registration ................................................................................................................. 16\n\nArrangement of Sections\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 4\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n18.\nRegistrable rights or interests .................................................................................................. 16\n19.\nValidity and time of registration ................................................................................................ 17\n20.\nCapacity to effect registration................................................................................................... 17\n21.\nDuration of registration ............................................................................................................ 18\n22.\nSearches ................................................................................................................................. 18\n23.\nEvidentiary value of International Registry certificate ............................................................... 18\n24.\nDischarge of registration .......................................................................................................... 19\nPART IV - The Supervisory Authority and the Registrar\n25.\nLegal personality and immunity ................................................................................................ 19\n26.\nStandard and extent of liability of the Registrar ........................................................................ 20\nPART V - Effects of an international interest as against third\nparties\n27.\nPriority of competing interests .................................................................................................. 20\n28.\nInsolvency ............................................................................................................................... 21\n29.\nPriority non-consensual right or interest ................................................................................... 22\nPART VI - Assignments of associated rights and\ninternational interests; rights of subrogation\n30.\nEffects of assignment .............................................................................................................. 22\n31.\nFormal requirements of assignment ......................................................................................... 22\n32.\nDebtor\u2019s duty to assignee ........................................................................................................ 23\n33.\nDefault remedies in respect of assignment by way of security.................................................. 23\n34.\nPriority of competing assignments ........................................................................................... 24\n35.\nAssignee\u2019s priority with respect to associated rights ................................................................. 24\n36.\nEffects of assignor\u2019s insolvency ............................................................................................... 24\n37.\nSubrogation ............................................................................................................................. 25\nPART VII - Jurisdiction\n38.\nChoice of forum ....................................................................................................................... 25\n39.\nJurisdiction under section 14 ................................................................................................... 25\n40.\nJurisdiction to make Orders against the Registrar .................................................................... 26\n41.\nWaivers of sovereign immunity ................................................................................................ 26\n42.\nJurisdiction in respect of insolvency proceedings ..................................................................... 26\nPART VIII - General and transitional provisions\n43.\nTransitional provisions ............................................................................................................. 26\n44.\nRegulations ............................................................................................................................. 27\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 1\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCAPE TOWN CONVENTION LAW, 2009\n(Law 5 of 2009)\nA LAW TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION AND PROTOCOL ON\nINTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN AIRCRAFT AND OTHER MOBILE EQUIPMENT\nSIGNED AT CAPE TOWN ON 16 NOVEMBER, 2001; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND\nCONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\nPART l - Introductory\n1.\nShort title\n1.\n\nThis Law may be cited as the Cape Town Convention Law, 2009.\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\n\nIn this Law, except where the context otherwise requires \u2014\n\u201cagreement\u201d means a security agreement, a title reservation agreement, or a\nleasing agreement;\n\u201caircraft\u201d means aircraft as defined for the purposes of the Chicago\nConvention which are either airframes with aircraft engines installed thereon\nor helicopters;\n\u201caircraft engine\u201d means an aircraft engine (other than those used in military,\ncustoms or police services) powered by jet propulsion or turbine or piston\ntechnology and \u2014\n\nSection 2\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 6\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n(a)\nin the case of a jet propulsion aircraft engine, has at least 1750 lb of\nthrust or its equivalent; and\n(b) in the case of a turbine-powered or piston-powered aircraft engine, has at\nleast 550 rated take-off shaft horsepower or its equivalent,\ntogether with all modules and other installed, incorporated or attached\naccessories, parts and equipment and all data, manuals and records relating\nthereto;\n\u201caircraft object\u201d means airframe, aircraft engine or helicopter;\n\u201caircraft register\u201d means the National Aircraft Register or equivalent\nmaintained by a State or common mark registering authority for purposes of\nthe Chicago Convention;\n\u201cairframe\u201d means an airframe (other than those used in military, customs and\npolice services) that, when an appropriate aircraft engine is installed thereon,\nis type certified by the competent aviation authority to transport \u2014\n(a)\nat least eight persons including crew; or\n(b) goods in excess of 2750 kilograms,\ntogether with all installed, incorporated or attached accessories, parts and\nequipment (other than aircraft engines), and all data, manuals and records\nrelating thereto;\n\u201capplicable law\u201d means the domestic rules of the law applicable by virtue of\nrules of private international law of the forum State;\n\u201cassignment\u201d means a contract which, whether by way of security or\notherwise, confers on the assignee associated rights with or without a transfer\nof the related international interest;\n\u201cassociated rights\u201d means all rights to payment or other performance by a\ndebtor under an agreement which are secured by or associated with the aircraft\nobject;\n\u201cCape Town Convention\u201d means the Convention on International Interests in\nMobile Equipment as modified by the Protocol to the Convention on\nInternational Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft\nEquipment, each concluded at Cape Town, South Africa, on 16 November\n2001;\n\u201cCape Town Convention State\u201d means a State that is Party to the Cape Town\nConvention;\n\u201cCayman Entity\u201d means an exempted company or an exempted limited\nduration company under the Companies Law (2007 Revision), an exempted\nlimited partnership under the Exempted Limited Partnership Law (2007\nRevision) and includes any additional persons so designated under\nsection 3(6);\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 2\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 7\n\n\u201cChicago Convention\u201d means the Convention on International Civil Aviation\nsigned at Chicago on 7 December 1944, as amended, and its Annexes;\n\u201ccommencement of the insolvency proceedings\u201d means the time at which\nthe insolvency proceedings are deemed to commence under the applicable\ninsolvency law;\n\u201ccommon mark registering authority\u201d means the authority maintaining a\nregister in accordance with Article 77 of the Chicago Convention as\nimplemented by the Resolution adopted on 14 December 1967 by the Council\nof the International Civil Aviation Organization on nationality and registration\nof aircraft operated by international operating agencies;\n\u201cconditional buyer\u201d means a buyer under a title reservation agreement;\n\u201cconditional seller\u201d means a seller under a title reservation agreement;\n\u201ccontract of sale\u201d means a written contract, other than an agreement\ntransferring the interest of the seller in an aircraft object to a buyer in\naccordance with its terms and which identifies the aircraft object in accordance\nwith section 5;\n\u201ccourt\u201d means a court of law or an administrative or arbitral tribunal\nestablished by a Cape Town Convention State or the Grand Court;\n\u201ccreditor\u201d means a chargee under a security agreement, a conditional seller\nunder a title reservation agreement or a lessor under a leasing agreement;\n\u201cdebtor\u201d means a chargor under a security agreement, a conditional buyer\nunder a title reservation agreement, a lessee under a leasing agreement or a\nperson whose interest in an aircraft object is burdened by a registrable nonconsensual right or interest;\n\u201cde-registration\u201d means deletion or removal of a registration of an aircraft\nfrom its aircraft register in accordance with the Chicago Convention;\n\u201cGrand Court\u201d means the Grand Court of the Islands;\n\u201cguarantee contract\u201d means a contract entered into by a person as guarantor;\n\u201cguarantor\u201d means a person who, for the purposes of assuring performance of\nany obligations in favour of a creditor secured by a security agreement or\nunder an agreement, gives or issues a suretyship or demand guarantee or a\nstandby letter of credit or any other form of credit insurance;\n\u201chelicopter\u201d means a heavier-than-air machine (other than those used in\nmilitary, customs or police services) supported in flight chiefly by the\nreactions of the air on one or more power-driven rotors on substantially\nvertical axes and which is type certified by the competent aviation authority to\ntransport \u2014\n(a)\nat least five persons including crew; or\n(b) goods in excess of 450 kilograms,\n\nSection 2\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 8\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\ntogether with all installed, incorporated or attached accessories, parts and\nequipment (including rotors), and all data, manuals and records relating\nthereto;\n\u201cinsolvency administrator\u201d means a person authorized to administer the\nreorganization or liquidation, including one authorized on an interim basis, and\nincludes a debtor in possession, if permitted by the applicable insolvency law;\n\u201cinsolvency proceedings\u201d means bankruptcy, liquidation or other collective\njudicial or administrative proceedings, including interim proceedings, in which\nthe assets and affairs of the debtor are subject to control or supervision by a\ncourt for the purposes of re-organisation or liquidation;\n\u201cinterested person\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\nthe debtor;\n(b) any guarantor; or\n(c)\nany other person having rights in or over the aircraft object;\n\u201cinternational interest\u201d means an interest in an aircraft object constituted in\naccordance with section 6, held by a creditor that is one only of the following:\n(a)\ngranted by the chargor under a security agreement;\n(b) vested in a person who is the conditional seller under a title reservation\nagreement; or\n(c)\nvested in a person who is the lessor under a leasing agreement,\nas determined under the applicable law and extends to the proceeds of an\naircraft object;\n\u201cInternational Registry\u201d means the international registration facilities\nestablished under the Cape Town Convention;\n\u201cleasing agreement\u201d means an agreement by which one person (the lessor)\ngrants a right to possession or control of an aircraft object (with or without an\noption to purchase) to another person (the lessee) in return for a rental or other\npayment;\n\u201cNational Aircraft Register\u201d means the aircraft register maintained by the\nregistry authority;\n\u201cnon-consensual right or interest\u201d means a right or interest conferred under\nthe law of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands to secure the\nperformance of an obligation, including an obligation to a State, State entity or\nan intergovernmental or private organisation;\n\u201cpre-existing right or interest\u201d means a right or interest of any kind in or\nover an aircraft object created or arising before the date of commencement of\nthis Law;\n\u201cpriority non-consensual right or interest\u201d means a non-consensual right or\ninterest of the following types conferred under the law of the Islands \u2014\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 2\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 9\n\n(a)\nliens in favour of repairers of, or those providing services to, an aircraft\nobject, in each case to the extent any such repair or services adds value to\nan aircraft object and retains possession thereof;\n(b) liens on an aircraft object in favour of the Government of the Islands\nrelating to unpaid taxes or other charges directly relating to the use of\nthat aircraft object;\n(c)\nemployee wages relating to services fairly allocated to the use of an\naircraft object as from the date that remedies have been exercised under\nthis Law by the holder of a registered interest; and\n(d) rights of the Government of the Islands to arrest or detain an aircraft\nobject for violation of safety-related or criminal law, but no such arrest or\ndetention shall give rise to the power of sale or right to proceeds;\n\u201cproceeds\u201d means money or non-money proceeds of an aircraft object arising\nfrom the total or partial loss or physical destruction of the aircraft object or its\ntotal or partial confiscation, condemnation or requisition;\n\u201cprospective assignment\u201d means an assignment that is intended to be made in\nthe future, upon the occurrence of a stated event, whether or not the occurrence\nof the event is certain;\n\u201cprospective international interest\u201d means an interest that is intended to be\ncreated or provided for in an aircraft object as an international interest in the\nfuture, upon the occurrence of a stated event (which may include the debtor\u2019s\nacquisition of an interest in the aircraft object), whether or not the occurrence\nof the event is certain;\n\u201cprospective sale\u201d means a sale which is intended to be made in the future,\nupon the occurrence of a stated event, whether or not the occurrence of the\nevent is certain;\n\u201cregistered\u201d means registered in the International Registry;\n\u201cregistered interest\u201d means an interest registered with the International\nRegistry pursuant to the Cape Town Convention;\n\u201cregistrable non-consensual right or interest\u201d means a non-consensual right\nor interest of the following types conferred under the law of the Islands:\n(a)\nrights of a person obtaining a court Order permitting attachment of an\naircraft object in partial or full satisfaction of a legal judgment;\n(b) liens or other rights of the Government of the Islands relating to taxes or\nother unpaid charges of any type whatsoever (which is not a priority nonconsensual right or interest); and\n(c)\nany other non-consensual rights or interests which are not a priority nonconsensual right or interest;\n\u201cRegistrar\u201d means the person or body serving as Registrar under the Cape\nTown Convention;\n\nSection 3\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 10\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n\u201cregistry authority\u201d means the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman\nIslands, which is responsible for the registration and de-registration of aircraft\nin the Islands in accordance with the Chicago Convention;\n\u201cregulations\u201d means regulations made or approved by the Supervisory\nAuthority pursuant to the Cape Town Convention;\n\u201csale\u201d means a transfer of ownership of an aircraft object pursuant to a\ncontract of sale;\n\u201csecured obligation\u201d means an obligation secured by a security interest;\n\u201csecurity agreement\u201d means an agreement by which a chargor grants or\nagrees to grant to a chargee an interest (including an ownership interest) in or\nover an aircraft object to secure the performance of any existing or future\nobligation of the chargor or a third person;\n\u201csecurity interest\u201d means an interest created by a security agreement;\n\u201cState of registry\u201d means, in respect of an aircraft, the State or the national\nregister in which an aircraft is entered or the State of location of the common\nmark registering authority maintaining the aircraft register;\n\u201cSupervisory Authority\u201d means the body acting as Supervisory Authority\nunder the Cape Town Convention;\n\u201ctitle reservation agreement\u201d means an agreement for the sale of an aircraft\nobject on terms that ownership does not pass until fulfillment of the condition\nor conditions stated in the agreement;\n\u201cunregistered interest\u201d means a consensual interest or non-consensual right\nor interest (other than a priority non-consensual right or interest to the extent\nspecified in section 29(1)), which has not been registered, whether or not it is\nregistrable under the Cape Town Convention or this Law; and\n\u201cwriting\u201d\nmeans\na\nrecord\nof\ninformation\n(including\ninformation\ncommunicated by teletransmission) which is \u2014\n(a)\nin tangible form; or\n(b) in other form and is capable of being reproduced in tangible form on a\nsubsequent occasion,\nand which indicates by reasonable means a person\u2019s approval of the record.\n3.\nApplication and scope\n3.\n(1) This Law provides for the constitution and recognition of an international\ninterest in aircraft objects and associated rights and for the recognition of the\nregistration system operated by the International Registry.\n(2) This Law applies when, after the commencement date of this Law and at the\ntime of the conclusion of the agreement creating or providing for the\ninternational interest or a contract of sale, the debtor or seller, as applicable, is\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 4\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 11\n\nsituated in a Cape Town Convention State as determined in accordance with\nsection 4 or is a Cayman Entity that has made an election in writing, which\nelection shall be irrevocable, that this Law shall apply to it generally or in\nrespect of certain aircraft objects identified in accordance with section 5, by\nrecording an appropriate notation in the register of mortgages maintained\npursuant to section 54 of the Companies Law (2007 Revision), and any such\nrecording shall constitute conclusive evidence of such election.\n (3) The fact that the creditor or buyer is situated in neither a Cape Town\nConvention State nor the Islands or is not a Cayman Entity does not affect the\napplicability of this Law.\n(4) Without prejudice to subsection (2), this Law shall also apply in relation to a\nhelicopter, or to an airframe pertaining to an aircraft, registered in an aircraft\nregister of a Cape Town Convention State which is the State of registry, and\nwhere such registration is made pursuant to an agreement for registration of\nthe aircraft it is deemed to have been effected at the time of the agreement.\n(5) In addition to the specific provisions of this Law referring to sales and\nprospective sales, the general provisions of Parts III and IV, section 27,\nsections 18(2) and 29, Part VII (other than section 39), and Part VIII shall\napply to contracts of sale and prospective sales.\n(6) The Governor in Cabinet may by Order \u2014\n(a)\ndesignate additional persons to be included in the definition of Cayman\nEntity;\n(b) make such declarations as may be necessary under the Cape Town\nConvention; or\n(c)\namend section 18(1) to reflect any subsequent amendment to the Cape\nTown Convention in that regard.\n4.\nDetermination of where debtor or seller is situated\n4.\n(1) For the purposes of section 3(2), a debtor or seller is situated in the Cape Town\nConvention State \u2014\n(a)\nunder the laws of which it is incorporated or formed;\n(b) where it has its registered office or statutory seat;\n(c)\nwhere it has its center of administration; or\n(d) where it has its place of business.\n(2) A reference in subsection (1)(d) to the debtor\u2019s or seller\u2019s place of business is\na reference to \u2014\n(a)\nits principal place of business, if it has more than one place of\nbusiness; or\n(b) its habitual residence, if it has no place of business.\n\nSection 5\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 12\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n5.\nIdentification of an aircraft object\n5.\nFor the purposes of a contract of sale or the constitution of an international interest,\nan aircraft object shall be identified by the manufacturer\u2019s serial number, the name\nof the manufacturer and the model designation.\n6.\nFormal requirements for constitution of an international interest\n6.\nAn interest is constituted as an international interest under this Law where the\nagreement creating or providing for the interest \u2014\n(a)\nis in writing;\n(b) relates to an aircraft object of which the chargor, conditional seller or\nlessor has power to dispose;\n(c)\nidentifies the aircraft object in accordance with section 5; and\n(d) in the case of a security agreement, enables the secured obligations to be\ndetermined, but without the need to state a sum or maximum sum\nsecured.\nPART II - Remedies for Default\n7.\nMeaning of default\n7.\n(1) The debtor and the creditor may at any time agree in writing as to the events\nthat constitute a default or otherwise give rise to the rights and remedies\nspecified in sections 8 to 11 and 14.\n(2) Where the debtor and the creditor have not so agreed, default for the purposes\nof sections 8 to 11 and 14 means a default which substantially deprives the\ncreditor of what it is entitled to expect under the agreement.\n\n8.\nRemedies of chargee\n8.\n(1) In the event of default as provided in section 7, the chargee may, to the extent\nthat the chargor has at any time so agreed, or alternatively as authorized or\ndirected by a court on application of the chargee, exercise any one or more of\nthe following remedies:\n(a)\ntake possession or control of any aircraft object charged to it;\n(b) sell or grant a lease of any such aircraft object; or\n(c)\ncollect or receive any income or profits arising from the management or\nuse of any such aircraft object.\n(2) A chargee proposing to sell or grant a lease of an aircraft object under\nsubsection (1)(b) shall give reasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed\nsale or lease to \u2014\n(a)\nany interested person who is a debtor or guarantor; and\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 9\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 13\n\n(b) any other person having rights in or over the aircraft object who has\ngiven notice of his rights to the chargee within a reasonable time prior to\nthe sale or lease.\n(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), reasonable prior notice is ten working days\nor such other longer period of notice as may be agreed by a chargee and a\nchargor or a guarantor.\n(4) Any sum collected or received by the chargee as a result of the exercise of any\nof the remedies set out in subsection (1) shall be applied towards the discharge\nof the amount of the secured obligations.\n(5) Where the sums collected or received by the chargee as a result of the exercise\nof any remedy set out in subsection (1) exceed the amount secured by the\nsecurity interest and any reasonable costs incurred in the exercise of any such\nremedy, then unless otherwise ordered by the court the chargee shall distribute\nthe surplus among holders of subsequently ranking interests which have been\nregistered or of which the chargee has been given notice, in order of priority,\nand pay any remaining balance to the chargor.\n9.\nVesting of aircraft object in satisfaction; redemption\n9.\n(1) At any time after default as provided in section 7, the chargee and all\ninterested persons may agree that ownership of (or any other interest of the\nchargor in) any aircraft object covered by the security interest shall vest in the\nchargee in or towards satisfaction of the secured obligations.\n(2) The court may on the application of the chargee order that ownership of (or\nany other interest of the chargor in) any aircraft object covered by the security\ninterest shall vest in the chargee in or towards satisfaction of the secured\nobligations.\n(3) The court shall grant an application under subsection (2) only if the amount of\nthe secured obligations to be satisfied by such vesting is commensurate with\nthe value of the aircraft object after taking account of any payment to be made\nby the chargee to any of the interested persons.\n(4) At any time after default as provided in section 7 and before sale of the\ncharged aircraft object or the making of an Order under subsection (2), the\nchargor or any interested person may discharge the security interest by paying\nin full the amount secured, subject to any lease granted under section 8 (1)(b);\nand where, after such default, the payment of the amount secured is made in\nfull by an interested person other than the debtor, that person is subrogated to\nthe rights of the chargee.\n(5) Ownership or any other interest of the chargor passing on a sale under\nsection 8(1)(b) or passing under subsection (1) or (2) is free from any other\ninterest over which the chargee\u2019s security interest has priority under\nsection 27.\n\nSection 10\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 14\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n10.\nRemedies of conditional seller or lessor\n10. In the event of default under a title reservation agreement or under a leasing\nagreement as provided in section 7, the conditional seller or the lessor, as the case\nmay be, may terminate the relevant agreement and take possession or control of any\naircraft object to which such agreement relates; or apply for a court Order\nauthorizing or directing either of these acts.\n11.\nAdditional remedies of creditor\n11. (1) In addition to the remedies specified in sections 8, 10, 12 and 14, the creditor\nmay, to the extent that the debtor has at any time so agreed and in the\ncircumstances specified in such agreed provisions and subject to applicable\naviation safety regulations \u2014\n(a)\nprocure the de-registration of the aircraft; and\n(b) procure the export and physical transfer of the aircraft object from the\nterritory in which it is situated.\n(2) The creditor shall not exercise the remedies specified in subsection (1) without\nthe prior consent in writing of the holder of any registered interest ranking in\npriority to that of the creditor.\n(3) A chargee proposing to procure the de-registration and export of an aircraft\nunder subsection (1) otherwise than pursuant to a court Order shall give\nreasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed deregistration and\nexport to \u2014\n(a)\nany interested person who is a debtor or a guarantor; and\n(b) any other person having rights in or over the aircraft object who has\ngiven notice of his rights to the chargee within a reasonable time prior to\nthe deregistration and export.\n(4) The registry authority shall, subject to any applicable safety legislation, honour\na request for de-registration and export in accordance with the relevant\nprovisions of the Cape Town Convention under regulations made for that\npurpose and administered by the registry authority.\n12.\nAdditional remedies under applicable law\n12. Any additional remedies permitted by the applicable law, including any remedies\nagreed upon by the parties, may be exercised to the extent that they are not\ninconsistent with the provisions set out in section 16.\n13.\nDebtor provisions\n13. (1) In the absence of a default within the meaning of section 7, the debtor shall be\nentitled to the quiet possession and use of the aircraft object in accordance\nwith the agreement as against-\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 14\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 15\n\n(a)\nits creditor and the holder of any interest from which the debtor takes free\npursuant to section 27(5) or, in the capacity of buyer, section 27(3),\nunless and to the extent that the debtor has otherwise agreed; and\n(b) the holder of any interest to which the debtor\u2019s right or interest is subject\npursuant to section 27(5) or, in the capacity of buyer, section 27(3), but\nonly to the extent, if any, that such holder has agreed.\n(2) Nothing in this Law affects the liability under the applicable law of a creditor\nfor any breach of the agreement in so far as that agreement relates to an\naircraft object.\n14.\nRelief pending final determination\n14.\n(1)\nA creditor who adduces evidence of default by the debtor\nshall, pending final determination of its claim and to the extent that the\ndebtor has at any time so agreed, be entitled to apply to a court for relief\non an expedited basis in the form of one or more of the following\nOrders \u2014\n(a)\npreservation of the aircraft object and its value;\n(b) possession, control or custody of the aircraft object;\n(c)\nimmobilisation of the aircraft object;\n(d) lease or, except where covered by paragraphs (a) to (c), management of\nthe aircraft object and the income therefrom; and\n(e)\nif at any time the debtor and the creditor specifically agree, sale of the\naircraft object and application of proceeds therefrom.\n(2) Ownership or any other interest of the debtor passing on a sale under\nsubsection (1)(e) is free from any other interest over which the creditor\u2019s\ninternational interest has priority under section 27.\n(3) In making an Order under subsection (1), the court may impose such terms as\nit considers necessary to protect the interested persons in the event that the\ncreditor \u2014\n(a)\nin implementing any Order granting such relief, fails to perform any of\nits obligations to the debtor under this Law; or\n(b) fails to establish its claim, wholly or in part, on the final determination of\nthat claim.\n(4) The creditor and the debtor or any other interested person may agree in writing\nto exclude the application of subsection (3).\n(5) Before making any Order under subsection (1), the court may require notice of\nthe request to be given to any of the interested persons.\n\nSection 15\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 16\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n(6) Nothing in this section limits the availability of forms of interim relief to those\nset out in subsection (1).\n15.\nProcedural requirements for non-judicial remedies\n15. A remedy provided by this Part shall be exercised in conformity with the procedures\nprescribed by the law of the place where the remedy is to be exercised.\n16.\nDerogation\n16. Any two or more of the parties referred to in this Part may at any time, by\nagreement in writing, exclude the application of section 17(2) and in their relations\nwith each other, derogate from or vary the effect of any of the provisions of this\nPart, except sections 8(2) to (5), 9(3) and (4), 11(2) and 15.\nPART III - Registration in the International Registry\n17.\nEffect of registration\n17. (1) A valid registration in the International Registry shall be the sole means of\nestablishing the priority of a right or interest in an aircraft object, such priority\nbeing determined in accordance with section 27, except only in respect of a\npriority non-consensual right or interest, whose priority is determined in\naccordance with section 29(1).\n(2) No right or interest, except for a priority non-consensual right or interest to the\nextent specified in section 29(1), shall have priority in insolvency proceedings\nover registered interests.\n18.\nRegistrable rights or interests\n18. (1) The following rights or interests are permitted to be registered \u2014\n(a)\ninternational interests, prospective international interests and registrable\nnon-consensual rights and interests;\n(b) assignments and prospective assignments of international interests;\n(c)\nacquisitions of international interests by legal or contractual subrogations\nunder the applicable law;\n(d) \u201cnotices of a national interest\u201d, as defined in the Cape Town Convention,\nunder the laws of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands\npermitting such notice through a declaration thereunder made by that\nState or the Islands;\n(e)\nsubordinations of interests referred to in any of the preceding\nparagraphs; and\n(f)\nsales and prospective sales.\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 19\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 17\n\n(2) A registrable non-consensual right or interest relating to any aircraft object\nmay be registered under this Law as if the right or interest were an\ninternational interest and shall be treated accordingly.\n(3) All information required for the registrations referred to in subsection (1) in\nrelation to a helicopter, or to an airframe pertaining to an aircraft, registered\nfor nationality purposes in the National Aircraft Register shall be transmitted\ndirectly to the International Registry.\n19.\nValidity and time of registration\n19. (1) A registration shall be valid only if made in conformity with section 20 and\nany rules duly made by the Supervisory Authority.\n(2) A valid registration shall be complete upon entry of the required information\ninto the International Registry database so as to be searchable.\n(3) A registration shall be searchable for the purposes of subsection (2) at the\ntime when \u2014\n(a)\nthe International Registry has assigned to it a sequentially ordered file\nnumber; and\n(b) the registration information, including the file number, is stored in\ndurable form and may be accessed at the International Registry.\n(4) If an interest first registered as a prospective international interest or\nprospective sale becomes an international interest or a sale, respectively, that\ninternational interest or sale shall be treated as registered from the time of\nregistration of the prospective international interest or prospective sale if the\nregistration was still current immediately before the international interest or\ncontract of sale was constituted.\n(5) Subsection (4) applies mutatis mutandis to the registration of a prospective\nassignment of an international interest.\n(6) A registered interest pertaining to an aircraft object shall be searchable in the\nInternational Registry database according to the name of its manufacturer, its\nmanufacturer\u2019s serial number and its model designation.\n20.\nCapacity to effect registration\n20. (1) An international interest, a prospective international interest, an assignment or\nprospective assignment of an international interest, or a contract of sale or a\nprospective sale may be registered, and any such registration may be amended\nor extended prior to its expiry, by either party with the consent in writing of\nthe other.\n(2) The subordination of an international interest to another international interest\nmay be registered at any time by or with the consent in writing of the person\nwhose interest has been subordinated.\n\nSection 21\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 18\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n(3) The acquisition of an international interest by legal or contractual subrogation\nmay be registered by the subrogee.\n(4) A registrable non-consensual right or interest may be registered by the holder\nthereof.\n(5) A registration may be discharged by or with the consent in writing of the party\nin whose favour it was made.\n21.\nDuration of registration\n21. Registration remains effective \u2014\n(a)\nin the case of an international interest, until discharged or until expiry of\nthe period specified in the registration;\n(b) in the case of a contract of sale, indefinitely; and\n(c)\nin the case of a prospective sale, unless discharged or until expiry of the\nperiod, if any, specified in the registration.\n22.\nSearches\n22. (1) A person may, in the manner prescribed by this Law or the regulations, make\nor request a search of the International Registry by electronic means\nconcerning interests or prospective interests internationally registered therein.\n(2) A person may request and receive from the Registrar a registry search\ncertificate by electronic means with respect to any aircraft object \u2014\n(a)\nstating all registered information relating thereto, together with a\nstatement indicating the date and time of registration of such\ninformation; or\n(b) stating that there is no information in the International Registry relating\nthereto.\n(3) A search certificate issued under subsection (2) shall indicate that the creditor\nnamed in the registration information has acquired or intends to acquire an\ninternational interest in the object but shall not indicate whether what is\nregistered is an international interest or a prospective international interest,\neven if this is ascertainable from the relevant registration information.\n23.\nEvidentiary value of International Registry certificate\n23. A document in the form prescribed by the regulations which purports to be a\ncertificate issued by the International Registry is prima facie proof \u2014\n(a)\nthat it has been so issued; and\n(b) of the facts recited in it, including the date and time of a registration.\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 24\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 19\n\n24.\nDischarge of registration\n24. (1) Where the obligations secured by a registered security interest or the\nobligations giving rise to a registered non-consensual right or interest have\nbeen discharged, or where the conditions of transfer of title under a registered\ntitle reservation agreement have been fulfilled, the holder of such interest\nshall, without undue delay, procure the discharge of the registration after\nwritten demand by the debtor delivered to or received at its address stated in\nthe registration.\n(2) Where a prospective international interest, a prospective assignment of an\ninternational interest, or a prospective sale has been registered, the intending\ncreditor, intending assignee or intending buyer shall, without undue delay,\nprocure the discharge of the registration after written demand by the intending\ndebtor, assignor or seller which is delivered to or received at its address stated\nin the registration before the intending creditor, assignee or buyer has given\nvalue or incurred a commitment to give value.\n(3) For the purpose of subsection (2) and in the circumstances there described, the\nholder of a registered prospective international interest or the person in whose\nfavour a prospective sale has been registered shall take such steps as are within\nits power to procure the discharge of the registration no later than five working\ndays after the receipt of the said demand.\n(4) Where a registration ought not to have been made or is incorrect, the person in\nwhose favour the registration was made shall, without undue delay, procure its\ndischarge or amendment after written demand by the debtor or seller to, or\nreceived at, its address stated in the registration.\nPART IV - The Supervisory Authority and the Registrar\n25.\nLegal personality and immunity\n25. (1) The Supervisory Authority is deemed to have international legal personality\nand its officers and employees shall enjoy such immunity from legal and\nadministrative process as is provided under the rules applicable to them as an\ninternational entity or otherwise in accordance with the Cape Town\nConvention.\n(2) The assets, documents, databases and archives of the International Registry\nshall be inviolable and immune from seizure or other legal or administrative\nprocess but such inviolability and immunity may be waived by the\nSupervisory Authority.\n(3) For the purposes of any claim against the Registrar under section 26(1) or\nsection 40, the claimant shall be entitled to such information and documents as\nare necessary to enable the claimant to pursue its claim.\n\nSection 26\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 20\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n26.\nStandard and extent of liability of the Registrar\n26. (1) For the purposes of legal proceedings before a court it is hereby declared that\nthe Registrar shall be liable for compensatory damages for loss suffered by a\nperson directly resulting from an error or omission of the Registrar and its\nofficers and employees or from a malfunction of the international registration\nsystem except where the malfunction is caused by an event of an inevitable\nand irresistible nature, which could not be prevented by using the best\npractices in current use in the field of electronic registry design and operation,\nincluding those related to back-up and systems security and networking.\n(2) The Registrar shall not be liable under subsection (1) for factual inaccuracy of\nregistration information received by the Registrar or transmitted by the\nRegistrar in the form in which it received that information nor for acts or\ncircumstances for which the Registrar and its officers and employees are not\nresponsible and arising prior to receipt of registration information at the\nInternational Registry.\n(3) Compensation under subsection (1) may be reduced to the extent that the\nperson who has suffered the damage had caused or contributed to the damage.\nPART V - Effects of an international interest as against third\nparties\n27.\nPriority of competing interests\n27. (1) A registered interest has priority over any other interest subsequently\nregistered and over an unregistered interest.\n(2) The priority of the first-mentioned interest under subsection (1) applies \u2014\n(a)\neven if the first-mentioned interest was acquired or registered with actual\nknowledge of the other interest; and\n(b) even as regards value given by the holder of the first-mentioned interest\nwith such knowledge.\n(3) A buyer of an aircraft object under a registered sale acquires its interest in that\nobject free from an interest subsequently registered and from an unregistered\ninterest, even if the buyer has actual knowledge of the unregistered interest.\n(4) A buyer of an aircraft object under a registered sale acquires its interest in that\nobject subject to an interest previously registered.\n(5) A conditional buyer or lessee acquires its interest in or right over that object \u2014\n(a)\nsubject to an interest registered prior to the registration of the\ninternational interest held by its conditional seller or lessor; and\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 28\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 21\n\n(b) free from an interest not so registered at that time even if it has actual\nknowledge of that interest.\n(6) The priority of competing interests or right under this section may be varied by\nagreement between the holders of these interests, but an assignee of a\nsubordinated interest is not bound by an agreement to subordinate that interest\nunless at the time of the assignment a subordination had been registered\nrelating to that agreement.\n(7) Any priority given by this section to an interest in an aircraft object extends to\nproceeds.\n(8) This Law \u2014\n(a)\ndoes not affect the rights of a person in an item other than an aircraft\nobject held prior to its installation on an aircraft object if under the\napplicable law those rights continue to exist after the installation; and\n(b) does not prevent the creation of rights in an item other than an aircraft\nobject which has previously been installed on an aircraft object where\nunder the applicable law those rights are created.\n(9) Ownership of or another right or interest in an aircraft engine shall not be\naffected by its installation or on removal from an aircraft.\n(10) Subsection (8) applies to an item, other than an aircraft object, installed on an\nairframe, aircraft engine or helicopter.\n28.\nInsolvency\n28. (1) In insolvency proceedings against the debtor or seller, an international interest\nor sale, as applicable, is effective if prior to the commencement of the\ninsolvency proceedings that interest or sale was registered in conformity with\nthis Law.\n(2) Nothing in this section impairs the effectiveness of an international interest or\nsale in the insolvency proceedings where that interest is effective under the\napplicable law.\n(3) Nothing in this section affects the application of the Fraudulent Dispositions\nLaw (1996 Revision) or any rules of law applicable in insolvency proceedings\nrelating to the avoidance of a transaction as a preference or a transfer in fraud\nof creditors or any rules of procedure relating to the enforcement of rights to\nproperty which is under the control or supervision of the insolvency\nadministrator.\n\nSection 29\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 22\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n29.\nPriority non-consensual right or interest\n29. (1) A priority non-consensual right or interest, to the extent it had priority over an\ninterest in an aircraft object equivalent to that of the holder of a registered\ninternational interest prior to the effective date of this Law, shall retain that\npriority over a registered international interest hereunder, whether in or outside\nof insolvency proceedings.\n(2) Nothing in this Law shall affect the right of the Government of the Islands or\nany state entity intergovernmental organisation or other private provider of\npublic services thereof to arrest or detain an aircraft object under the laws of\nthe Islands for payments of amounts owed to the Government of the Islands or\nsuch entity, organisation or provider directly relating to services in respect of\nthat object or another aircraft object.\nPART VI - Assignments of associated rights and international\ninterests; rights of subrogation\n30.\nEffects of assignment\n30. (1) Except as otherwise agreed by the parties, an assignment of associated rights\nmade in conformity with section 31 also transfers to the assignee \u2014\n(a)\nthe related international interest; and\n(b) all the interests and priorities of the assignor under this Law.\n(2) Nothing in this Law prevents a partial assignment of the assignor\u2019s associated\nrights; and where there is such partial assignment the assignor and assignee\nmay agree as to their respective rights concerning the related international\ninterest assigned under subsection (1), but not so as adversely to affect the\ndebtor without its consent.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), the applicable law shall determine the defences and\nrights of set-off available to the debtor against the assignee.\n(4) The debtor may at any time by agreement in writing waive all or any of the\ndefences and rights of set-off referred to in subsection (3) other than defences\narising from fraudulent acts on the part of the assignee.\n(5) In the case of an assignment by way of security, the assigned associated rights\nrevest in the assignor, to the extent that they are still subsisting, when the\nobligations secured by the assignment have been discharged.\n31.\nFormal requirements of assignment\n31. (1) An assignment of associated rights transfers the related international interest\nonly if it \u2014\n(a)\nis in writing;\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 32\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 23\n\n(b) enables the associated rights to be identified under the contract from\nwhich they arise; and\n(c)\nin the case of an assignment by way of security, enables the obligations\nsecured by the assignment to be determined, but without the need to state\na sum or maximum sum secured.\n(2) An assignment of an international interest created or provided for by a security\nagreement is not valid unless some or all related associated rights are also\nassigned.\n(3) This Law does not apply to an assignment of associated rights which is not\neffective to transfer the related international interest.\n32.\nDebtor\u2019s duty to assignee\n32. (1) To the extent that associated rights and the related international interest have\nbeen transferred in accordance with sections 30 and 31, the debtor in relation\nto those rights and that interest is bound by the assignment and has a duty to\nmake payment or give other performance to the assignee, but only if \u2014\n(a)\nthe debtor has been given notice of the assignment in writing by or with\nthe authority of the assignor;\n(b) the notice identifies the associated rights; and\n(c)\nthe debtor has consented in writing, whether or not the consent is given\nin advance of the assignment or identifies the assignee.\n(2) Irrespective of any other ground on which payment or performance by the\ndebtor discharges the latter from liability, payment or performance shall be\neffective for this purpose if made in accordance with subsection (1).\n(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the priority of competing assignments.\n33.\nDefault remedies in respect of assignment by way of security\n33. In the event of default by the assignor under the assignment of associated rights and\nthe related international interest made by way of security, sections 7 to 9 and 11\nto 15 apply in the relations between the assignor and the assignee (and, in relation to\nassociated rights, apply in so far as those provisions are capable of applications to\nintangible property) as if references \u2014\n(a)\nto the secured obligations and the security interest were references to the\nobligation secured by the assignment of the associated rights and the\nrelated international interest and the security interest created by that\nassignment;\n(b) to the chargee or creditor and chargor or debtor were references to the\nassignee and assignor;\n(c)\nto the holder of the international interest were references to the\nassignee; and\n\nSection 34\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 24\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n(d) to the aircraft object were references to the assigned associated rights and\nthe related international interest.\n34.\nPriority of competing assignments\n34. (1) Where there are competing assignments of associated rights and at least one of\nthe assignments includes the related international interest and is registered,\nsection 27 applies as if the references to a registered interest were references to\nan assignment of the associated rights and the related registered interest and as\nif references to a registered or unregistered interest were references to a\nregistered or unregistered assignment.\n(2) Section 28 applies to an assignment of associated rights as if the references to\nan international interest were references to an assignment of the associated\nrights and the related international interest.\n35.\nAssignee\u2019s priority with respect to associated rights\n35. (1) The assignee of associated rights and the related international interest whose\nassignment has been registered has priority under section 34(1) over another\nassignee of the associated rights only \u2014\n(a)\nif the contract under which the associated rights arise states that they are\nsecured by or associated with the object; and\n(b) to the extent that the associated rights are related to an aircraft object.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), associated rights are related to an\naircraft object only to the extent that they consist of rights to payment or\nperformance that relate to \u2014\n(a)\na sum advanced and utilised for the purchase of the aircraft object;\n(b) a sum advanced and utilised for the purchase of another aircraft in which\nthe assignor held another international interest if the assignor transferred\nthat interest to the assignee and the assignment has been registered;\n(c)\nthe price payable for the aircraft object;\n(d) the rentals payable in respect of the aircraft object; or\n(e)\nother obligations arising from a transaction referred to in this subsection.\n(3) In all other cases, the priority of the competing assignments of the associated\nrights shall be determined by the applicable law.\n36.\nEffects of assignor\u2019s insolvency\n36. Section 28 applies to insolvency proceedings against the assignor as if references to\nthe debtor were references to the assignor.\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 37\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 25\n\n37.\nSubrogation\n37. (1) Subject to subsection (2), nothing in this Law affects the acquisition of\nassociated rights and the related international interest by legal or contractual\nsubrogation under the applicable law.\n(2) The priority between any interest within subsection (1) and a competing\ninterest may be varied by agreement in writing between the holders of the\nrespective interests but an assignee of a subordinated interest is not bound by\nan agreement to subordinate that interest unless at the time of the assignment a\nsubordination had been registered relating to that agreement.\nPART VII - Jurisdiction\n38.\nChoice of forum\n38. (1) Subject to section 39 or 40, the courts of a Cape Town Convention State or the\nIslands chosen by the parties to a transaction have jurisdiction in respect of\nany claim brought under this Law, whether or not the chosen forum has a\nconnection with the parties or the transaction and such jurisdiction shall be\nexclusive unless otherwise agreed between the parties.\n(2) Any such agreement shall be in writing or otherwise concluded in accordance\nwith the formal requirements of the law of the chosen forum.\n39.\nJurisdiction under section 14\n39. (1) The courts chosen by the parties in conformity with section 38 and the courts\nof any Cape Town Convention State or the Islands in the territory of which the\naircraft object is situated or in which the aircraft is registered have jurisdiction\nto grant relief under section 14(1)(a), (b), (c) and (6) in respect of that aircraft\nobject or aircraft.\n(2) Jurisdiction to grant relief under section 14(1)(d) and (e) or other interim relief\nby virtue of Article 14(6) may be exercised either \u2014\n(a)\nby the courts chosen by the parties; or\n(b) by the courts of a Cape Town Convention State or the Islands in whose\nterritory the debtor is situated, being relief which, by the terms of the\nOrder granting it, is enforceable only in the territory of that State or the\nIslands.\n(3) A court has jurisdiction under the preceding paragraphs even if the final\ndetermination of the claim referred to in section 14(l) will or may take place in\na court of another Cape Town Convention State or the Islands or by\narbitration.\n\nSection 40\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\n\nPage 26\nLaw 5 of 2009\nc\n\n40.\nJurisdiction to make Orders against the Registrar\n40. (1) The courts of the place in which the Registrar has its center of administration\nshall have exclusive jurisdiction to award damages or make Orders against the\nRegistrar.\n(2) Where a person fails to respond to a demand made under section 24 and that\nperson has ceased to exist or cannot be found for the purpose of enabling an\nOrder to be made against it requiring it to procure discharge of the registration,\nthe courts referred to in subsection (1) shall have exclusive jurisdiction, on the\napplication of the debtor or intending debtor, to make an Order directed to the\nRegistrar requiring the Registrar to discharge the registration.\n(3) Where a person fails to comply with an Order of a court having jurisdiction\nunder this Law, the courts referred to in subsection (1) may direct the Registrar\nto take such steps as will give effect to that Order.\n(4) Except as otherwise provided by this section, no court may make Orders or\ngive judgments or rulings against, or purporting to bind, the Registrar.\n41.\nWaivers of sovereign immunity\n41. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a waiver of sovereign immunity from jurisdiction of\nthe courts specified in section 38 or 39 or relating to enforcement of rights and\ninterests relating to an aircraft object under this Law shall be binding and if the\nother conditions to such jurisdiction or enforcement have been satisfied, shall\nbe effective to confer jurisdiction and permit enforcement, as the case may be.\n(2) A waiver under subsection (1) must be in writing and contain a description of\nthe aircraft object.\n42.\nJurisdiction in respect of insolvency proceedings\n42. This Part is not applicable to insolvency proceedings.\nPART VIII - General and transitional provisions\n43.\nTransitional provisions\n43. (1) This Law does not apply to a pre-existing right or interest, which retains the\npriority it enjoyed under the applicable law.\n(2) Nothing in subsection (1) or otherwise in this Law shall prevent parties to an\nagreement and related documents, by affirmative act, from re-constituting a\npre-existing right or interest as an international interest and otherwise bringing\nit within the scope of this Law.\n\nCape Town Convention Law, 2009\nSection 44\n\nc\nLaw 5 of 2009\nPage 27\n\n(3) A priority non-consensual right or interest shall retain its priority over an\ninternational interest, to the extent specified in section 29(1), which is\nregistered prior to the effective date.\n44.\nRegulations\n44. The Governor in Cabinet may make regulations generally for carrying the purposes\nand provisions of this Law into effect and, without prejudice to the generality of the\nforegoing, may make regulations prescribing the procedures for dealing with\nrequests pursuant to section 11(4).\nPassed by the Legislative Assembly the 19th day of March, 2009.\nEDNA MOYLE\nSpeaker\nWENDY LAUER\nClerk of the Legislative Assembly","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:30:55.096634+00","cms_id":"2009-0005","law_type":"principal","year":"2009","number":"5","title":"Cape Town Convention Act","status":"repealed"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"6116","expr_id":"1263","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/2009\/2009-0005\/2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.akn.xml","content_md5":"20732bf5432b33489cf5a036b1277141","byte_size":"59894","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:30:55.565745+00"},{"file_id":"2525","expr_id":"1263","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/2009\/2009-0005\/2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/PRINCIPAL\/2009\/2009-0005\/2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","content_md5":"b6ef57aa15570aa0ffefcd73deb562fd","byte_size":"609177","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:10.667589+00"},{"file_id":"2526","expr_id":"1263","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/PRINCIPAL\/2009\/2009-0005\/2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/PRINCIPAL\/2009\/2009-0005\/2009-0005_Act 5 of 2009.pdf","content_md5":"b6ef57aa15570aa0ffefcd73deb562fd","byte_size":"609177","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:10.667589+00"}],"paragraph_count":35,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"1263","doc_id":"1263","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"84","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise}","llm_categories":"{}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"repeated line furniture detected: cayman islands x3; cape town convention law 2009 x28; law 5 of 2009 x29; duplicate-line ratio is 8.34%","assessed_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:44.908414+00","updated_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:44.908414+00"}}