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BUSINESS NAMES ACT 1996 - SECT 11

11—Register and inspection of register

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, the Commission must keep, in such form as it considers appropriate, a register of business names registered under this Act.

        (2)         The Commission may accept and register a notice lodged by or on behalf of the proprietor of a registered business (whether lodged before or after registration of the business name), in which event the notice is to be treated as forming part of the register.

        (3)         The register must include the following particulars in relation to each registered business name as provided by or on behalf of the proprietor of the business name:

            (a)         a concise description of the true nature of the business carried on or proposed to be carried on under that name;

            (b)         an address for service of the proprietor and the address of each place in this State at which the business is or is proposed to be carried on;

            (c)         in the case of a proprietor who is a natural person—the full name, date of birth and residential address of the proprietor;

            (d)         in the case of a proprietor that is a body corporate—the corporate name and the address of the registered office, or principal office, in the State of the body corporate.

        (3a)         The Commission may include further information on the register at the request or with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

        (4)         Subject to the regulations, a person may, on payment of a fee fixed by regulation—

            (a)         inspect the register;

            (b)         inspect a document lodged with the Commission under this Act or the repealed Act;

            (c)         inspect ASCOT;

            (d)         obtain from the Commission—

                  (i)         a certificate of registration under this Act or the repealed Act;

                  (ii)         a copy or certified copy of a part of the register or of a document lodged with the Commission under this Act or the repealed Act;

                  (iii)         if the information held by the Commission enables the Commission to do so, a list of business names registered under this Act—

                        (A)         on a particular day or within a particular period of time;

                        (B)         by reference to the types of business carried on under those names;

                        (C)         by reference to an area where the businesses are carried on;

                        (D)         by reference to the person who carries on business under those names;

                  (iv)         a copy or certified copy of information contained in ASCOT.



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