60Access to certain information in the Business Names Register by request

60 Access to certain information in the Business Names Register by request

(1) A person may lodge an application with ASIC for a copy of: (a) the entry in the Business Names Register relating to a particular business name; or (b) the entries in the Business Names Register relating to a particular entity. (2) The application: (a) must be in the prescribed form; and (b) must be lodged in the prescribed manner; and (c) must be accompanied by the application fee. (3) If a person lodges an application under subsection (1), ASIC must give the person a copy of the entry or entries sought. (4) However, before a copy of an entry is given to a person, ASIC must excise from it: (a) any detail which under the regulations made under subsection (5) is to be excised; and (b) any detail that ASIC is prohibited from disclosing under subsection (6). (5) The regulations may provide that details of a kind specified in the regulations are to be excised from a copy of an entry before it is given to any person, or any person of a prescribed class. (6) If: (a) a person lodges with ASIC an application for a detail in relation to a business name or the person not to be disclosed; and (b) ASIC is satisfied that it is not appropriate to disclose the detail; ASIC must not disclose the detail under this section. (7) An application mentioned in paragraph (6)(a): (a) must be in the prescribed form; and (b) must be lodged in the prescribed manner.