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Corporations Regulations 1990
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## 6101
In comparing one name with another for paragraph 147 (1) (a) or (b) or 601DC (1) (a) or (b) of the Corporations Law, the following matters are to be disregarded:
(a) the use of the definite or indefinite article as the first word in one or both of those names;
(b) the use of “Proprietary”, “Pty”, “Limited”, “Ltd”, “No Liability” or “NL” in one or both of the names;
(c) whether a word is in the plural or singular number in one or both names;
(d) the type, size and case of letters, the size of any numbers or other characters, and any accents, spaces between letters, numbers or characters, and punctuation marks, used in one or both names;
(e) the fact that one name contains a word or expression in column 2 of the following table and the other name contains an alternative for that word or expression in column 3:
| Column 1Item | Column 2Word or expression | Column 3Alternative |
| ------------ | -------------------------- | ------------------- |
| 1 | Australian | Aust |
| 2 | Company | Co or Coy |
| 3 | Co | Company or Coy |
| 4 | Coy | Company or Co |
| 5 | Number | No |
| 6 | and | & |
| 7 | Incorporated | Inc |
| 8 | Corporation | Corp |
| 9 | Australian Company Number | ACN |
Part 2 Names unacceptable for registration