Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a proceeding is brought against a person in relation to a business carried on by the person under a name or style other than the person's own name, regardless of whether the name or style is registered under the Business Names Act 1962.
(2) The applicant must, as soon as practicable, take all reasonable steps to find out the name of the person carrying on the business under the name or style in question.
(3) The applicant must continue the proceeding in the person's name and not in the name or style under which the business was carried on.
(4) However with the tribunal's leave, the applicant may take a further step in the proceeding in the name or style under which the business was carried on.
(5) Before allowing a proceeding to continue against a named entity, the tribunal must be satisfied that the named entity is aware the proceeding is being continued against the named entity.