Australia Accedes To The Cape Town Convention

The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment 2011 ("the Cape Town Convention") came into force in Australia on 1 September 2015 following completion of the formal accession process.

In Clyde & Co's Aviation and Aerospace Newsletter in August 2015, Mark Bisset reported on the United Kingdom's ratification of the Convention and its related Protocol on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment (together for the purposes of this article, "the Cape Town Convention"). In Australia, too, there have been developments on that front, with the Cape Town Convention entering into force in Australia on 1 September 2015 following completion of the formal accession process.