New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES ACT 2002 - SECT 20

20 Register of business names

(1) The Director-General is to establish and maintain a register of business names ( "the Register") for the purposes of this Act, and for the purposes of Part 3 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 , as applied by this Act.

(2) For each registered business name there are to be recorded in the Register:

(a) the proper name and proper address of each person in whose name the business name is registered, and

(b) an address for service of notices in relation to each such person, and

(c) such other particulars as are required by the regulations to be recorded in the Register in relation to each such person.

(3) For each registered business name under which business is carried on in New South Wales there are also to be recorded in the Register:

(a) the date on which business commenced to be carried on under that name, and

(b) the date on which business ceased to be carried on under that name, and

(c) the nature of the business carried on under that name, and

(d) the address of each place at or from which business is carried on under that name, and

(e) such other particulars as are required by the regulations to be recorded in the Register in relation to the business carried on under that name.

(4) The regulations may make provision with respect to the manner and form in which the Register is to be maintained.

(5) The Director-General is to ensure that the Register is made available for public inspection during normal business hours at such places as may be prescribed by the regulations.

Note: See also section 49 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 with respect to the particulars to be recorded in the Register.