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Business Names Registration Act: Commencement Notice

This short notification appointed 3 January 2016 as the commencement date of the Business Names Registration Act 2014. It establishes the historical start date; it does not contain the full registration procedures or exemption rules.

Source checked · 11 October 2026 Historical document

Making and publication dates

The notification was made on 21 December 2015 and published in the electronic Gazette on 31 December. Those dates precede commencement and perform different functions: making and publication identify the instrument's legislative history, while the appointed January date marks when the Act began operating.

Official source

A concise, independent Apex Gateway guide based on the official English source, not a reproduction of the complete document. Consult the original for full conditions, exceptions and subsequent updates.

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