(1) This section applies if a body corporate is party to a contract, whether the proper law of the contract is:
(a) Australian law (including the law of a State or Territory); or
(b) law of a foreign country (including the law of part of a foreign country).
(2) None of the matters mentioned in subsection (3) allow the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the body corporate), to do any of the following:
(a) deny any obligations under the contract;
(b) accelerate any debt under the contract;
(c) close out any transaction relating to the contract;
(d) enforce any security under the contract.
This subsection has effect subject to section 31B.
(3) The matters are as follows:
(a) a Banking Act statutory manager being in control, or being appointed to take control, of the business of the body corporate;
(b) if the body corporate is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate--a Banking Act statutory manager being in control, or being appointed to take control, of the business of another member of the group.