Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, require an extract from the register to be given, or given and certified, by the registrar.
(1A) A person may pay the fee, in advance or in arrears, under an arrangement approved by the chief executive.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) may relate to a registered business name or to a business name the registration of which has expired or been cancelled.
(3) Where—
(a) a person makes under subsection (1) a requirement; and
(b) the registrar keeps the register by means of a mechanical, electronic or other device; and
(c) pursuant to that requirement, the registrar gives a writing that sets out what purports to be the contents of a part of the register;
then, for the purposes of that subsection, the registrar is taken to have given, pursuant to that requirement an extract from the register setting out that part of it.
(4) Where—
(a) the requirement referred to in subsection (3) includes a requirement that the extract be certified; and
(b) pursuant to that requirement, the registrar gives a writing as mentioned in subsection (3)(c);
then—
(c) the registrar may certify that the writing sets out the contents of part of the register; and
(d) the writing is, in any proceedings, admissible as prima facie evidence of the information contained in it.