This Part   deals with the transitional application of this Act.

This Part   applies to transitional security interests, which are security interests provided for by security agreements (transitional security agreements) in force immediately before the registration commencement time. A transitional security interest may arise before, at or after the registration commencement time.

The registration commencement time is 1   February 2012 (the first day of the month that is 26 months after this Act was given the Royal Assent), or another time determined by the Minister.

Division   2 is about the attachment, perfection and priority of transitional security interests. Transitional security interests are declared to be perfected until the end of the month that is 24   months after the registration commencement time, or until they are earlier perfected by other means (for example, by registration).

Division   6 is about the migration of data about personal property from Commonwealth, State and Territory registers onto the Personal Property Securities Register. The Registrar may register migrated data about transitional security interests with effect from the registration commencement time. Such transitional security interests are known as migrated security interests.

Migrated security interests are perfected under Division   2 from immediately before the registration commencement time.

Division   7 provides for preparatory registration with respect to transitional security interests in anticipation of the commencement of the Personal Property Securities Register. Other data may also be registered under this Division   before the registration commencement time.

Transitional security interests that are registered in this way are perfected under Division   2 from immediately before the registration commencement time.

Division   8 provides rules for dealing with defective registrations with respect to transitional security interests. For example, omissions arising from the migration of data onto the Personal Property Securities Register will not automatically render the registration of the data ineffective.