Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CORPORATIONS LAW- SECT 148

A company's name

 
Company may use available name or ACN
 

(1)
A company may have as its name: 
 
 
 
(a)
an available name; or

(b)
the expression "Australian Company Number" followed by the
company's ACN. 

 
The name must also include the words required by subsection (2)
or (3).
 
Limited companies
 
 
(2)
A limited
public company must have the word "Limited" at the end of its name unless
section 150 or 151 applies. A limited proprietary company must have the words
"Proprietary Limited" at the end of its name. 
 
 
Unlimited
proprietary companies
 
 
(3)
An unlimited proprietary
company must have the word "Proprietary" at the end of its name. 
 
No liability companies
 
 
(4)
A no liability
company must have the words "No Liability" at the end of its name. 
 
Public companies with "Proprietary" included in their name
 
 
(5)
A public company must not include the word "Proprietary"
(or an abbreviation of it) in its name unless: 
 
 
 
(a)
it was a public company before the
commencement of this section; and

(b)
the word "Proprietary" (or an abbreviation of it) was included in
its name before that commencement.