Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Credit Act 1984 - SECT 25

Consequential discharge of tied loan contract and mortgage

25. Consequential discharge of tied loan contract and mortgage



(1) Subject to section 27, where a contract of sale is rescinded or discharged
(whether under this Act or any other Act or law) and there is a tied loan
contract made with the buyer by a linked credit provider of the supplier under
the contract of sale, at the same time as the contract of sale is rescinded or
discharged-

   (a)  the tied loan contract is discharged to the extent that it was entered
        into for the purposes of the payment for the goods or services
        supplied under the contract of sale; and



   (b)  any mortgage relating to the tied loan contract is discharged to the
        extent that it secures the payment of a debt or other pecuniary
        obligation or performance of any other obligation under the tied loan
        contract.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the credit is provided by a linked
credit provider of a supplier to a buyer as a result of an approach by the
buyer to the credit provider which was not induced by the supplier.

(3) Where, by reason of subsection (1), a tied loan contract is discharged
when a contract of sale is rescinded or discharged-

   (a)  the credit provider is liable to the buyer for the amount (if any)
        paid by the buyer to the credit provider under the tied loan contract
        to the extent that it is discharged;

   (b)  the supplier is liable to the credit provider for-

   (i)  the amount (if any) paid under the tied loan contract, to the extent
        that it is discharged, by the credit provider to the supplier;

   (ii) the amount paid under the tied loan contract, to the extent that it is
        discharged, by the credit provider to the buyer and paid by the buyer
        to the supplier; and

   (iii) the amount of the loss (if any) suffered by the credit provider by
        reason of the discharge of the tied loan contract, being an amount not
        exceeding the amount of the accrued credit charge under the tied loan
        contract; and

   (c)  the buyer is liable to the credit provider for the amount (if any)
        paid under the tied loan contract, to the extent that it is
        discharged, to the buyer by the credit provider, other than amounts
        paid to the buyer and paid by him to the supplier-

and, where the contract of sale is a contract of sale of goods or services-

   (d)  if the goods are in the possession of the buyer-

   (i)  where, before the rescission or discharge of the contract of sale,
        there was not a mortgage relating to the tied loan contract, the buyer
        shall deliver the goods to the supplier; or

   (ii) where before the rescission or discharge of the contract of sale,
        there was a mortgage relating to the tied loan contract to the extent
        that it is discharged, the buyer shall deliver the goods to the credit
        provider; and

   (e)  if the goods are in the possession of the credit provider and no
        amounts are owed to the credit provider under paragraph (b), the
        credit provider shall deliver the goods to the supplier.

(4) Where, under paragraph (d) of subsection (3), goods are delivered to the
credit provider, the credit provider is entitled to possession of the goods as
against the supplier until the credit provider has been paid the amount for
which the supplier is liable to the credit provider under paragraph (b) of
subsection (3).