Business Names Registration Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration
28. Request for copy of notice of registration, etc.
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A person may, upon payment of such fees as may be prescribed, require a copy of a notice of registration, or a copy of or an extract from any document filed or lodged with the Registrar, to be given or certified by the Registrar.
notice of registration
“notice of registration” means a notice issued under section 8(1)(b);
Any copy or extract given under subsection (1) that is certified to be a true copy or an extract by the Registrar is, in any proceedings, admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Business Names appointed under section 3(2) and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Business Names appointed under that section;
The Registrar is not required to issue, under subsection (1), a copy of or an extract from a document forming part of the register where that document has been destroyed under section 38.
document
“document” means —(a)any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration or other document to be filed or lodged with or submitted to the Registrar; or(b)any certificate, notice or other document to be issued by the Registrar;
Subsection (1) does not apply to any document prescribed as an excluded document for the purposes of this subsection.
Where a document is submitted on or after the date of commencement of section 24 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024 using a form on the electronic transaction system, the reference to a document in subsection (1) excludes the following entries in the form:
electronic transaction system
“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system mentioned in section 29(1);
a means of notification provided by a person for the purposes of section 28A(1)(b) of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
an individual’s date of birth obtained under this Act or section 28(1A) of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
any other prescribed information.
Where —
a document is filed or lodged with the Registrar under this Act by submitting a form on the electronic transaction system on or after the date of commencement of section 24 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024; and
an individual’s residential address is entered in that form,the Registrar must cause the individual’s residential address to be excluded from every copy or extract of that document given or certified by the Registrar under subsection (1).