Business Names Registration Act 2014
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Administration of Act and appointment of Registrar of Business Names, etc.
4 Persons not required to be registered under Act
Part 2 REGISTRATION
5 Requirement to register
6 Manner and particulars of registration
7 Registration by nominee or trustee
8 Registration
9 When registration must be refused
10 Registration does not confer ownership
11 Authorised representative
12 General power to cancel registration
13 Supplemental provision to sections 9 and 12
14 Cancellation for failure to renew registration
15 Use of business names
16 Reservation of business names
17 Restrictions on registration of business names
18 Change of registered business name
19 Change of residential address
20 Registration of change in particulars
21 Deceased registrants
22 Cessation of business
23 Cancellation of registration
24 Restoration of registration
25 Rectification by General Division of High Court
26 Rectification by Registrar on application
27 Rectification or updating on Registrar’s initiative
28 Request for copy of notice of registration, etc.
29 Electronic transaction system
30 Alternate address
31 Disability of persons in default
Part 3 MISCELLANEOUS
32 Inspection
33 Power of Registrar to obtain further information
34 Restriction on undischarged bankrupt carrying on business
35 Offences and penalties
36 Evidence of carrying on business under business name
37 Composition of offences
38 Destruction or transfer of old records
39 Enforcement of duty to make returns
40 Offences by bodies corporate, etc.
41 Authority and its employees not liable
42 Service of documents, etc.
43 Regulations
44 Saving for other written law
45 Saving and transitional provisions
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table