for an entity means the entity’s as shown in the Australian Business Register.

means:

(a) the Australian Capital Territory; and

(b) the Northern Territory; and

(ba) Norfolk Island; and

(c) the Jervis Bay Territory; and

means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

means a member of ASIC (as defined for the purposes of the ASIC Act).

means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that is a law that regulates, or relates to the regulation of, business or persons engaged in business.

: a business name is

to an entity in the circumstances set out in:

(a) section 25 and subsection 31(3) of this Act; and

(b) item 21 of Schedule 1 to the Transitional Act.

has the meaning given by section 4.

means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a public holiday or a bank holiday in a referring/adopting State or an affected Territory.

means a name used, or to be used, in relation to one or more businesses.

means the register established and maintained under section 22.

a business includes doing anything in the course of the commencement or termination of the business.

means the Minister.

means a registered under this Act and:

(c)  in Parts 5.7B and 5.8 (except sections 595 and 596), includes a Part 5.7 body; and

(d)  in Part 5B.1, includes an unincorporated registrable body.

means an application for registration of a business name that includes a statement that the entity to whom the business name is currently registered has consented to the registration of the business name to the applicant.

means any .

means standards made by the Registrar under section 62H.

has the meaning given by subsection 62N(3).

means the made by the Registrar under section 62L.

: an entity is

in the circumstances specified in section 32.

has the meaning given by section 5.