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Surveyors Act 2003
sec.79Notification of business name
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### sec.79 Notification of business name
A registrant, before carrying on a business providing surveying services under a business name other than the registrant’s own name, must give the board written notice of the business name.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Subsection (1) applies whether or not the business name is—
registered on the register established and maintained under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 22 ; or
held under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 54 ; or
held under the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 , item 5.
See also the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 18 (Offence—carrying on a business under an unregistered business name).
Within 10 business days after changing the business name notified under subsection (1) , the registrant must give the board written notice of the change.
Maximum penalty, for an individual or corporation—10 penalty units.
s 79 amd 2011 No. 34 s 31 sch 1
(sec.79-ssec.1) A registrant, before carrying on a business providing surveying services under a business name other than the registrant’s own name, must give the board written notice of the business name. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.79-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the business name is— registered on the register established and maintained under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 22 ; or held under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 54 ; or held under the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 , item 5. See also the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 18 (Offence—carrying on a business under an unregistered business name).
(sec.79-ssec.3) Within 10 business days after changing the business name notified under subsection (1) , the registrant must give the board written notice of the change. Maximum penalty, for an individual or corporation—10 penalty units.
- (a) registered on the register established and maintained under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 22 ; or
- (b) held under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 54 ; or
- (c) held under the Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011 (Cwlth) , schedule 1 , item 5.