(1) This section applies if an entity (the first entity ) 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) allows the contract, or a party to the contract (other than the first entity), to do any of the following:
(a) deny any obligation 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.
(3) The matters are as follows:
(a) a relevant instrument being converted in accordance with the terms of the instrument;
(b) a relevant instrument being written off in accordance with the terms of the instrument;
(c) the making of a determination (however described) by APRA that results in a relevant instrument being required to be converted or written off in accordance with the terms of the instrument.
(4) In this section:
"relevant instrument" means:
(a) an instrument to which section 36B applies:
(i) that is issued by the first entity; or
(ii) to which the first entity is a party; or
(iii) for which the first entity is a conversion entity; or
(b) if the first entity is a body corporate that is a member of a relevant group of bodies corporate--an instrument to which section 36B applies:
(i) that is issued by another member of the group; or
(ii) to which another member of the group is a party; or
(iii) for which another member of the group is a conversion entity.