Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 149

  (1)   The abbreviations set out in the following table may be used:

  (a)   instead of words that this Act requires to be part of a company's name or to be included in a document or on a company's common seal; and

  (b)   instead of words that are part of a company's name; and

  (c)   with or without full stops.

 

Acceptable abbreviations		[operative table]
	Word	Abbreviation
1	Company	Co or Coy
2	Proprietary	Pty
3	Limited	Ltd
4	No Liability	NL
5	Australian	Aust
6	Number	No
7	and	&
8	Australian Company Number	ACN
9	Australian Business Number	ABN

  (2)   If a company's name includes any of these abbreviations, the word corresponding to the abbreviation may be used instead.