Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.