The definition of 'fixtures' in s 10 of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) imports common law concepts of affixation, requiring consideration of both the degree and purpose of annexation — not merely whether there is a non-trivial physical attachment to land. Mobile industrial equipment installed at a site for a temporary purpose under a lease with an obligation to return the equipment is unlikely to become a fixture, even where the equipment is physically connected to the land via stabilisation kits and utility pipelines, provided the connections are designed to be reversible. Lessors of mobile equipment who fail to register their security interest on the PPS Register risk losing title to the equipment if the lessee enters administration.
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