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Business Names Registration Act 2011

No. 126, 2011

Compilation No. 8

Compilation date: 14 October 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 38, 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Business Names Registration Act 2011 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 14 October 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
Division 1—Introduction
1 Short title
2 Commencement
Division 2—Definitions
3 Dictionary
4 Business
5 Entities
6 Notified State/Territory registers
6A Meaning of Registrar
Division 3—Constitutional basis and application of this Act and the Transitional Act
7 Constitutional basis for this Act and the Transitional Act
8 Meaning of referring/adopting State
9 Meaning of referred business names matter
10 General application of this Act and the Transitional Act
11 Government bodies not liable to prosecution
Division 4—Interaction between business names legislation and State and Territory laws
12 Concurrent operation intended
13 When business names legislation does not apply
14 Avoiding direct inconsistency between Commonwealth and State and Territory laws
15 Regulations to deal with interaction between laws
Division 5—Objects of this Act and consequences of registration
16 Objects of this Act
17 Consequences of registration of a business name
Part 2—Offences relating to business names
18 Offence—carrying on a business under an unregistered business name
19 Offence—must include business name in written communications
20 Offence—must