Business Names Registration (Availability of Names) Determination 2015

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Department of the Treasury

This item is authorised by the following title:

Business Names Registration Act 2011

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F2015L01156

17 July 2015 - 27 November 2020

Table of contents

1 Name of determination
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Determining if business name is available to an entity
5A Determining if business names are identical or nearly identical A business name is identical or nearly identical to another name (other than a company name) if, and only if: (a) after comparing the business name with the other name by: (i) disregarding the matters set out in subsection 5(1); and (ii) applying subsection 6(1); the names are the same; or (b) subsection 6(2) applies. 5 Matters to be disregarded
5A Determining if business names are identical or nearly identical A business name is identical or nearly identical to another name (other than a company name) if, and only if: (a) after comparing the business name with the other name by: (i) disregarding the matters set out in subsection 5(1); and (ii) applying subsection 6(1); the names are the same; or (b) subsection 6(2) applies. 5 Matters to be disregarded
6 Matters to be considered
7 Determining if business names are identical or nearly identical to company names A business name is identical or nearly identical to a company name if, and only if, the names are the same after comparing the business name with the company name by applying the rules in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Corporations Regulations 2001 (Rules for ascertaining whether names are identical) as if they had been made for subparagraph 25 (a) (ii) of the Act.
8 Characteristics to be considered
9 Restricted words and expressions—Part 1 of Schedule 2
10 Restricted words and expressions—Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 2
- Schedule 1 Words and expressions taken to be the same
- Schedule 2 Restricted words and expressions

Business Names Registration (Availability of Names) Determination 2015

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