Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 373

373. (1) A person may lodge an application to reserve a specified name in
respect of an intended Division 1 company.

(2) If the name is available to the company, the Commission shall reserve it
in respect of the company for 2 months after the date of lodgment of the
application.

(3) Where:

   (a)  a name is reserved under this section in respect of a company; and

   (b)  the Commission registers the company by that name under Division 1 of
        Part 2.2; the Commission shall register the name in respect of the
        company and, where the Commission does so, the name is no longer
        reserved in respect of the company.

(4) Where:

   (a)  a name is reserved under this section in respect of a company; and

   (b)  the person who applied for the reservation informs the Commission in
        writing that the person no longer wishes the name to be reserved in
        respect of the company; the Commission shall cancel the reservation.

(5) The reservation of a name under this section in respect of a company does
not of itself entitle the company to be registered by that name under Division
1 of Part 2.2.