Business Names Registration Act 2011
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In this Act:
ABN for an entity means the entity’s ABN as shown in the Australian Business Register.
affected Territory means:
(a) the Australian Capital Territory; and
(b) the Northern Territory; and
(ba) Norfolk Island; and
(c) the Jervis Bay Territory; and
(d) the Territory of Christmas Island; and
(e) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
application fee, for an application by an entity for an extract of the Business Names Register, means the fee imposed under the Business Names Registration (Fees) Act 2011 in relation to such an application.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
ASIC Act means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001.
ASIC member means a member of ASIC (as defined for the purposes of the ASIC Act).
Australian business law means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is a law that regulates, or relates to the regulation of, business or persons engaged in business.
Australian Business Register means the register established under section 24 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
available: a business name is available to an entity in the circumstances set out in:
(a) section 25 and subsection 31(3) of this Act; and
(b) item 21 of Schedule 1 to the Transitional Act.
business has the meaning given by section 4.
business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a bank holiday in a referring/adopting State or an affected Territory.
business name means a name used, or to be used, in relation to one or more businesses.
Business Names Register means the register established and maintained under section 22.
carrying on a business includes doing anything in the course of the commencement or termination of the business.
Commonwealth body means:
(a) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or
(b) a body, whether incorporated or not, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
(c) a person:
(i) holding or performing the duties of an office established by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
(ii) holding an appointment made under a law of the Commonwealth.