Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Companies (Application of Laws) Act 1981 - SECT 26

Names

26. Names



(1) A name under which a company was registered under the Companies Act 1961
immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, for the purposes of
Division 2 of Part III of the Companies (Victoria) Code be deemed to be
registered under that Division in respect of that company unless and until the
registration of the name is cancelled, or ceases to be in force, under that
Division.

(2) A reference in subsection (1) to a company shall be construed as including
a reference to a corporation that, immediately before the commencement of this
Act, was registered under the Companies Act 1961 as a foreign company, whether
that corporation is, for the purposes of the Companies (Victoria) Code, a
recognized company or a foreign company.

(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a name was
reserved in respect of a recognized company under section 22(8E) of the
Companies Act 1961, that name shall be deemed to be registered under section
60 of the Companies (Victoria) Code in respect of that recognized company.

(4) Where, within the period of two months immediately preceding the date of
commencement of this Act-

   (a)  a name was reserved under section 22(8) of the Companies Act 1961; or

   (b)  the period for which a name was reserved under that Act was extended
        by the Commissioner under section 22(9) of that Act-

the name shall, for the purposes of the Companies (Victoria) Code be deemed to
be reserved under Division 2 of Part III of that Code until the date on which
the reservation of that name under the Companies Act 1961 would have ceased.