Business Names Registration Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration
30. Transitional provision for contact address
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Where an individual maintained an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, that address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.
individual
“individual” means a natural person and, where appropriate, includes —(a)an administrator, an executor, a liquidator, a trustee, a nominee, or a guardian of the individual; or(b)a donee or deputy appointed under the Mental Capacity Act 2008 in respect of the individual,having direct control or management of the business carried on by the individual;
Where an individual did not maintain an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, the individual’s residential address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.
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;
An individual’s contact address mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) is deemed, for the purposes of section 20(1), to be a particular registered in respect of the person concerned.
contact address
“contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:(a)it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;(b)it is not a post office box number;(c)it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;
In this section, “commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 25 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024.