Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a business name which could not be registered under this Act without contravention of section 9(1) is registered through inadvertence or otherwise, the registrar may send by post a notice addressed to the person or persons in relation to whom the name is so registered at the place shown in the register as the place where business is carried on under that name—
(a) stating that the registrar proposes to cancel the registration of that name upon the expiration of such period (being a period of not less than 28 days) as is specified in the notice; and
(b) setting out the reasons for the proposed cancellation;
and upon the expiration of that period the registrar may cancel the registration of that name.
(3) The Minister may at any time before the expiration of the period specified in a notice given by the registrar under subsection (1) annul the notice.
(4) The registrar may remit any fee payable in respect of an application for the registration of a new business name in place of a business name the registration of which is cancelled under subsection (1).