Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION ACT 2011 - SECT 60

  (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.