These resources provide general information—they do not constitute and are not intended to be legal advice. You may wish to seek professional advice from your accountant, financial adviser or lawyer.
Booklets
PPSR business guide booklet - second edition
Find out about the business benefits, how to use the register and see case studies―with practical examples of businesses using the register.
Practical tips for insolvency professionals
This guide has been developed to help insolvency practitioners understand and access PPSR data to assist in the administration of an insolvency.
Responsible PPSR registration management booklet
Principles for managing PPSR registrations to support data integrity.
Guides
Accessing finance or credit – do you know what’s registered against you on the PPSR?
This guide aims to help you make sense of a PPSR company/business search, known as a ‘Grantor Search’.
Dispute a registration process guide
Collateral Class and type visual A4 guide
PPSR timing rules
Factsheets
Trying to get your invoices paid
This new factsheet provides practical advice on how a PPSR registration can help you get your invoices paid.
Customer goes broke - what happens now?
If you have registered your security interest on the PPSR this new factsheet explains the steps you need to take to get your goods, or their value, back if your customer has gone broke.
Your customer has defaulted on your security agreement - what happens now?
If you have registered your security interest on the PPSR this new factsheet provides practical information and steps you need to follow to enforce your security interest.
Brochures
PPSR information videos
- PPSR - PPS leases and bailments
- PPSR―Collateral classes
- PPSR―What is a Security Interest
- PPSR―What is a consignment
- The PPSR in a nutshell
- PPSR―Quick motor vehicle checks
- PPSR―Selling your goods on terms
- PPSR―Protection for businesses that hire, lease or rent goods
- PPSR―Basic business uses
- PPSR―Bob gets a loan
- PPSR―Check before you buy
- Buying a used vehicle and valuable second hand items? Search the PPSR before you buy.
- Small business and the PPSR
- Professional advisors and the PPSR
- PPSR cars―Good to go Check before you buy - how to do a quick motor vehicle search.
- PPSR cars―It's OK to walk away Check before you buy - how to do a quick motor vehicle search.
Buying a used car? Check the PPSR
View the informational video on YouTube
Thinking about buying a used car privately? It could be hiding secrets. A $2 PPSR search can tell you if the car you want to buy is safe from possible repossession, or if it has been reported written-off or stolen.
PPSR Plug ‘n Play presentation for small business
View the PPSR Plug 'n Play presentation on YouTube
This is a pre-recorded version of our introductory level PPSR presentation, conducted by our PPSR Stakeholder Engagement Adviser at conferences and seminars nationwide. The presentation covers the key things that small business needs to know about using the PPSR.
Business days calculator
A number of provisions under the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 require the calculation of business days. Use this tool if you need assistance calculating these periods of time.