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Corporations Regulations 2001 (consolidated as of March 31, 2015), Australia

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Year of Version 2015 Dates Entry into force: July 15, 2001 Issued: July 13, 2001 Type of Text Implementing Rules/Regulations Subject Matter Trade Names Notes This consolidated version of the Regulations includes all the amendments up to Treasury Laws Amendment (2015 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2015 (Select Legislative Instrument-SLI No. 39, 2015) (see the “endnotes” 3 and 4 for the amending laws and amending history from pages 3 to 15 of Volume 7 of the consolidated version).

The Corporations Regulations 2001, inter alia, implements section 147 of the Corporations Act 2001, relating to the availability of company names.
Under sub-regulations 2B.6.02(4) and 5B.3.02(4), an application for a name that contains a word or phrase specified in column 2 of an item in Part 4 of Schedule 6 of Volume 6, must have with it the consent of the particular Minister specified in Part 4. Examples are 'ANZAC', 'Geneva Cross', Red Crescent, Red Cross, and 'Red Lion and Sun'.

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Legislation Is superseded by (3 text(s)) Is superseded by (3 text(s))
Corporations Regulations 2001 (consolidated as of April 6, 2019) (AU591)
Corporations Regulations 2001 (consolidated as of December 8, 2018) (AU559)
Corporations Regulations 2001 (consolidated as of July 2, 2017) (AU435)

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