Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016
62Name under which general auctioneer may carry on business
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62 Name under which general auctioneer may carry on business
(1) Subject to subsection (2) , a general auctioneer must not carry on general auctioneering business otherwise than under the name of the auctioneer or, where general auctioneers are carrying on business in partnership, the names of the auctioneers.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2) The Board may authorise a general auctioneer or auctioneers carrying on business in partnership to carry on general auctioneering business under a name in addition to, or in substitution for, the name of the auctioneer or auctioneers.
(3) If subsection (2) applies, the Board is to include the authorised name in the entry in the Register in respect of the auctioneer or auctioneers.
(4) Subsection (2) is subject to the Business Names Registration Act 2011 of the Commonwealth.