BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION ACT 2011 (NO. 126, 2011) - SECT 18 Offence--carrying on a business under an unregistered business name

BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION ACT 2011 (NO. 126, 2011) - SECT 18

             (1)  An entity commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the entity carries on a business under a name; and

                     (b)  the name is not registered to the entity as a business name on the Business Names Register.

Penalty:  30 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if:

                     (a)  the entity is an individual and the name is the individual's name; or

                     (b)  the entity is a corporation and the name is the corporation's name; or

                     (c)  the entity is a partnership and the name consists of all of the partners' names; or

                     (d)  the name is registered to the entity on a notified State/Territory register; or

                     (e)  an Act of the Commonwealth, a referring/adopting State or an affected Territory, or an instrument made under such an Act, specifies the name as the name of the entity; or

                      (f)  the entity is a government body; or

                     (g)  the entity is a notified successor in relation to the name; or

                     (h)  other circumstances prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph apply.

Note:          A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .

             (3)  Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .