Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00631:section:60
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00631
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 60
Character Range: 99098–100557

60  Access to certain information in the Business Names Register by request
 (1) A person may lodge an application with ASIC for a copy of:
 (a) the entry in the Business Names Register relating to a particular business name; or
 (b) the entries in the Business Names Register relating to a particular entity.
 (2) The application:
 (a) must be in the prescribed form; and
 (b) must be lodged in the prescribed manner; and
 (c) must be accompanied by the application fee.
 (3) If a person lodges an application under subsection (1), ASIC must give the person a copy of the entry or entries sought.
 (4) However, before a copy of an entry is given to a person, ASIC must excise from it:
 (a) any detail which under the regulations made under subsection (5) is to be excised; and
 (b) any detail that ASIC is prohibited from disclosing under subsection (6).
 (5) The regulations may provide that details of a kind specified in the regulations are to be excised from a copy of an entry before it is given to any person, or any person of a prescribed class.
 (6) If:
 (a) a person lodges with ASIC an application for a detail in relation to a business name or the person not to be disclosed; and
 (b) ASIC is satisfied that it is not appropriate to disclose the detail;
ASIC must not disclose the detail under this section.
 (7) An application mentioned in paragraph (6)(a):
 (a) must be in the prescribed form; and
 (b) must be lodged in the prescribed manner.