Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATION ACT 2011 (NO. 126, 2011) - SECT 39

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a business name is registered to an entity that is an individual; and

                     (b)  the individual dies; and

                     (c)  one of the following is granted to a person (the legal personal representative ):

                              (i)  probate of the will of the deceased;

                             (ii)  letters of administration of the estate of the deceased;

                            (iii)  any other similar grant;

the legal personal representative must lodge with ASIC notice of the grant within 28 days after the grant is made.

             (2)  The notice:

                     (a)  must be in the prescribed form; and

                     (b)  must be lodged in the prescribed manner.

             (3)  If ASIC receives notice under this section:

                     (a)  ASIC must (if it has not already done so) register the Business Name to the estate of the deceased; and

                     (b)  enter the details of the legal personal representative on the Business Names Register.