Western Australian Consolidated Acts

BUSINESS NAMES ACT 1962 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Business Names Act 1962 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Business Names Act 1962	8 of 1962 (11 Eliz. II No. 8)	27 Sep 1962	12 Oct 1962 (see s. 2 and Gazette 12 Oct 1962 p. 3366)
Decimal Currency Act 1965	113 of 1965	21 Dec 1965	Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1)); s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))
Reprint of the Business Names Act 1962 authorised 17 Mar 1971 (includes amendments listed above)
Business Names Act Amendment Act 1976	40 of 1976	9 Jun 1976	6 Aug 1976 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Aug 1976 p. 2657)
Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1982 s. 28	10 of 1982	14 May 1982	1 Jul 1982 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 25 Jun 1982 p. 2079)
Business Names Amendment Act 1983	48 of 1983	5 Dec 1983	5 Dec 1983
Corporations (Western Australia) Act 1990 s. 98	105 of 1990	2 Jan 1991	1 Jan 1991 (see s. 2)
Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 s. 147	78 of 1995	16 Jan 1996	4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 21	10 of 1998	30 Apr 1998	30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))
Acts Amendment and Repeal (Financial Sector Reform) Act 1999 s. 64	26 of 1999	29 Jun 1999	1 Jul 1999 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 30 Jun 1999 p. 2905)
Reprint of the Business Names Act 1962 as at 16 Feb 2001 (includes amendments listed above)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act (No. 2) 2003 Pt. 3	20 of 2003	23 Apr 2003	15 Jul 2001 (see s. 2(1) and Cwlth Gazette 13 Jul 2001 No. S285)
Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 41	50 of 2003	9 Jul 2003	15 May 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 May 2004 p. 1445)
Business Names Amendment Act 2003	63 of 2003	26 Nov 2003	26 Nov 2003 (see s. 2)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 31	74 of 2003	15 Dec 2003	15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2)
Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141	59 of 2004	23 Nov 2004	1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)
State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 15 4	55 of 2004	24 Nov 2004	1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Reprint 3: The Business Names Act 1962 as at 28 Oct 2005 (includes amendments listed above)
Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 3 5	28 of 2006	26 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Jun 2006 p. 2347)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4	19 of 2010	28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Acts Amendment (Fair Trading) Act 2010 s. 185	58 of 2010	8 Dec 2010	1 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(c) and Gazette 24 Dec 2010 p. 6805)
Reprint 4: The Business Names Act 1962 as at 2 Sep 2011 (includes amendments listed above)
Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2012 Pt. 3	6 of 2012	10 Apr 2012	11 Apr 2012 (see s. 2(b))

² Repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984 s. 77(1).

³ Repealed by the Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009 s. 4.

⁴ The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant to this Act.

⁵ The Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 Pt. 4 Div. 23 has transitional provisions some of which may be relevant to this Act.

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
ASIC 4(1)
business 4(1)
business name 4(1)
carrying on business 4(1)
change-over day 4(1)
christian name 4(1)
Commissioner 4(1)
Commonwealth Transitional Act 4(1)
corporation 4(1)
Department 4(1)
director 4(1)
executive officer 4AA(3)
firm 4(1)
individual 4(1)
information 31B(3)
initial 4(1)
national business names legislation 4(1)
register 4(1)
repealed Act 4(1)
secretary 4(1)
section 4(1)