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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 85.5

Available names

Name is available unless identical or unacceptable

             (1)  A name is available unless the name is:

                     (a)  identical (under rules set out in the regulations) to a name that is:

                              (i)  used in an application for registration under this Act; or

                             (ii)  registered under this Act for another Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

                            (iii)  registered under the Corporations Act; or

                            (iv)  reserved for a company under section 152 of the Corporations Act; or

                     (b)  identical (under rules set out in the regulations) to a name that is held or registered on the Business Names Register in respect of another individual or body who is not the person applying to have the name; or

                     (c)  unacceptable for registration under the regulations.

Registrar may consent to a name being available

             (2)  The Registrar may consent in writing to a name being available to a corporation even if the name is:

                     (a)  identical to a name:

                              (i)  that is used in another current application for registration under this Act; or

                             (ii)  registered under this Act for another Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

                            (iii)  registered under the Corporations Act; or

                            (iv)  reserved for a company under section 152 of the Corporations Act; or

                             (v)  that is held or registered on Business Names Register; or

                     (b)  unacceptable for registration under the regulations.

             (3)  The Registrar's consent may be given subject to conditions.

Note:          If the corporation breaches a condition, the Registrar may direct it to change its name under section 88-5.

             (4)  The regulations may specify that a particular unacceptable name is available if:

                     (a)  a specified public authority, or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, a State or an internal Territory has consented to the corporation using or assuming the name; or

                     (b)  the corporation is otherwise permitted to use or assume the name by or under:

                              (i)  an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or an internal Territory; or

                             (ii)  a specified provision of an Act of the Commonwealth, a State or an internal Territory.

The consent of the authority, instrumentality or agency may be given subject to conditions.

Note:          If the consent is withdrawn, the corporation ceases to be permitted or the corporation breaches a condition, the Registrar may direct it to change its name under section 88-5.



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