New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES ACT 2002 - SECT 14

14 Notification of changes in relation to business

(1) Within one month after:

(a) business is commenced to be carried on in New South Wales under a registered business name, or

(b) business ceases to be carried on in New South Wales under a registered business name, or

(c) there is any other change in the registered particulars for the business for which a business name is registered,

notice of the change is to be given to the Director-General.

(2) If notice is not given in accordance with subsection (1), each person in whose name the business name is registered is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty:

(a) for a first offence, 20 penalty units, and

(b) for a second or subsequent offence, 20 penalty units plus 0.5 penalty units for each day for which the offence continues.