Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2

4............ Dictionary........................................................................................... 3

Schedule 1--Transitional provisions                                                                          5

Part 1--Business names registered on change-over day                             5

Part 2--Business names held on change-over day to resolve outstanding matters            9

Part 3--Entities disqualified on registration under this Act                   13

Part 4--Information-gathering for transitional purposes                          15

Part 5--Distinguishing grandfathered business names that are identical or nearly identical        19

Part 6--Aligning registration periods                                                                 22

Part 7--Other obligations to give information to ASIC                           23

Part 8--Preserving exemptions and protecting information                    25

Part 9--Review                                                                                                              26

Part 10--Miscellaneous                                                                                              29

Schedule 2--Consequential amendments                                                              31

Part 1--Amendments commencing on change-over day                          31

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999                              31

ANL Act 1956                                                                                                             31

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001                          31

Bank Integration Act 1991                                                                                      32

Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006                     33

Corporations Act 2001                                                                                             33

Defence Service Homes Act 1918                                                                           34

Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988                                                             34

Olympic Insignia Protection Act 1987                                                                  35

Qantas Sale Act 1992                                                                                               35

Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980                                                                  35

Part 2--Amendment commencing on first anniversary of change-over day         36

A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999                              36

 

 

 

Business Names Registration (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2011

No. 127, 2011

 

An Act to deal with transitional and consequential matters in connection with the Business Names Registration Act 2011, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 November 2011]

The Parliament of Australia enacts: